GUIDE TO FILING THE RL-1 SLIP – EMPLOYMENT AND … Rel 1 English rl-1.g-v(2016-10).pdfBy filing the RL-1 slip, you make sure that your employees can correctly report their income

GUIDE TO FILING THE RL-1 SLIP

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EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER INCOME 2016

By filing the RL-1 slip, you make sure that your employees can correctly report their income and contribute to society’s future.

YOU PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE FULFILMENT OF OUR MISSION.

CONTENTS1 General information 9

1.1 Is this guide for you? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.2 Explanation of references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.3 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.4 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2 Principal changes 13

2.1 Allowance for the use of a motor vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.2 Operating-costs benefit related to an automobile made available to an employee . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.3 Retraite Québec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.4 Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3 Filing RL-1 slips and the Rl-1 summary 14

3.1 General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.1.1 RL-1 slip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.1.2 RL-1 summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3.2 Special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.2.1 Employee who reports for work at one of your establishments located in Québec

and at one of your establishments located outside Québec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.2.2 Employee who reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside

Québec or who is paid from one of your establishments located outside Québec . . . . . 163.2.3 Employee who reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside

Canada or who is paid from one of your establishments located outside Canada . . . . . 173.2.4 Services performed for you by an employee of an employer that does not carry on

business in Québec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.3 Filing methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.4 Filing deadline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.4.1 Employers that cease to carry on their business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.4.2 Employers that temporarily cease to make remittances but continue to carry on

their business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.4.3 Employers that permanently cease to make remittances but continue to carry on

their business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.4.4 Death of the person required to file RL-1 slips and the RL-1 summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.5 Filing RL-1 slips and the RL-1 summary with Revenu Québec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.6 Distributing RL-1 slips to employees and beneficiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.7 Amending or cancelling an RL-1 slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.8 Lost or destroyed slips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.9 Employees who leave their employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.10 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

4 How to complete the RL-1 slip 25

4.1 Box marked “Code du relevé”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.2 Box marked “No du dernier relevé transmis” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.3 Box A – Employment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.3.1 Directors’ fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.3.2 Salary deferral arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.3.3 Self-funded leaves of absence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.3.4 Employee benefit plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.3.5 Employee trusts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.3.6 Contributions to a multi-employer insurance plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.3.7 Repayment of salary or wages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.3.8 Employment income paid by mistake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.3.9 Retroactive payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.3.10 Benefit related to previous employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4.4 Box B – QPP contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4.5 Box C – Employment Insurance premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4.6 Box D – RPP contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.6.1 RRSP, PRPP and VRSP contributions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.6.2 Contributions to a retirement compensation arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4.7 Box E – Québec income tax withheld. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

4.8 Box F – Union dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

4.9 Box G – Pensionable salary or wages under the QPP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.9.1 Calculation of pensionable salary or wages under the QPP

(except employment income paid to an Indian and included in box R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.9.2 Calculation of pensionable salary or wages under the QPP with respect

to employment income paid to an Indian and included in box R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.9.3 Employer that succeeds another employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.9.4 Corporate amalgamation, annexation or constitution as a legal person . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.9.5 Pensionable earnings under the CPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4.10 Box H – QPIP premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4.11 Box I – Eligible salary or wages under the QPIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354.11.1 Remuneration subject to the QPIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364.11.2 Remuneration not subject to the QPIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374.11.3 Employee whose work income is less than $2,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.11.4 Employer that succeeds another employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.11.5 Corporate amalgamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4.12 Box J – Private health services plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

4.13 Box K – Trips (remote area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

4.14 Box L – Other benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.14.1 Allowance for the use of a motor vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.14.2 Allowance for travel expenses (employment duties related to the sale

of property or the negotiation of contracts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.14.3 Allowance for travel expenses (employment duties not related to the sale

of property or the negotiation of contracts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.14.4 Professional membership dues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.14.5 Employee QPP contributions and QPIP premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.14.6 Gifts and rewards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.14.7 RRSP contributions made by the employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.14.8 Benefit related to previous employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.14.9 Benefit related to the acquisition of shares of a labour-sponsored fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.14.10 Financial compensation paid to an emergency services volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.14.11 Other benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

4.15 Box M – Commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

4.16 Box N – Charitable donations and gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

4.17 Box O – Other income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.17.1 Wage Earner Protection Program payments (CA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.17.2 TFSA (CB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.17.3 Payments to the beneficiary of an RDSP (CC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.17.4 Benefits paid to parents of murdered or missing children (CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.17.5 Supplementary unemployment benefits (RA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.17.6 Scholarships, bursaries, fellowships and prizes (RB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.17.7 Research grants (RC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.17.8 Fees for services rendered (RD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.17.9 Labour adjustment benefits (RG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.17.10 Labour adjustment benefits for older workers and income assistance payments (RH) . . 464.17.11 Benefits paid under a program administered under the Department of Fisheries

and Oceans Act (federal statute) (RI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.17.12 Retiring allowance (RJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.17.13 Death benefit (RK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.17.14 Patronage dividends (RL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.17.15 Commissions paid to a self-employed person (RM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.17.16 Benefits paid under a wage loss replacement plan (RN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.17.17 Benefits received by a shareholder (RO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494.17.18 Benefits received by a partner (RP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494.17.19 Retirement compensation arrangement (RQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494.17.20 Services rendered in Québec by a person not resident in Canada (RR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494.17.21 Financial assistance (RS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.17.22 Other indemnities paid by the employer further to an industrial accident (RT) . . . . . . . . 50

4.17.23 Educational assistance payments from an RESP (RU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.17.24 Accumulated income payments from an RESP (RV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.17.25 Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (RX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.17.26 Income from more than one source (RZ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

4.18 Box P – Multi-employer insurance plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

4.19 Box Q – Deferred salary or wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4.20 Box R – Income situated on a reserve or premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.20.1 Salary or wages derived from employment duties performed partly or entirely

on a reserve or premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.20.2 Other income relating to employment duties performed partly or entirely

on a reserve or premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.21 Box S – Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.22 Box T – Tips allocated by the employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.23 Box U – Phased retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.24 Box V – Meals and lodging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4.25 Box W – Motor vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4.26 Box marked “Code (case O)”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4.27 Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

4.28 Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554.28.1 Identification of the individual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554.28.2 Identification of the employer or payer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564.28.3 Reference number (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

5 Special cases 57

5.1 Indemnity paid further to a precautionary cessation of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5.2 Indemnities further to an industrial accident – CNESST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5.3 Amounts paid after the death of an employee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

5.4 Indians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595.4.1 Salary or wages derived from employment duties performed partly

or entirely on a reserve or premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595.4.2 Other income relating to employment duties performed partly

or entirely on a reserve or premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

5.5 Employees using a chainsaw or a brushcutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

5.6 Québec sailors engaged in international freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

5.7 Canadian Forces personnel and police officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

5.8 Foreign employees who are entitled to a five-year tax exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

6 How to Complete the RL-1 summary 64

6.1 Statement of duties (by month) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

6.2 QPP contributions, QPIP premiums and income tax (line 27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

6.3 Contribution to the health services fund (lines 28 to 39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656.3.1 Total payroll (line 28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656.3.2 NAICS code for small and medium-sized businesses in the primary

and manufacturing sectors (line 29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666.3.3 Salary and wages subject to the contribution (line 30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666.3.4 Exempt salary and wages (line 32). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676.3.5 Contribution rate (line 36). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676.3.6 Reduction of the contribution to the health services fund for the creation

of specialized jobs (line 37c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696.3.7 Contribution to the health services fund (line 39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

6.4 Contribution related to labour standards (lines 40 and 41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

6.5 Contribution to the WSDRF (lines 50 to 53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.5.1 Total payroll (line 50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.5.2 Eligible training expenditures (line 52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726.5.3 Three-year exemption period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.5.4 Payment deadline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

6.6 Balance (line 70) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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This guide will help you complete the RL-1 slip (employment and other income) and the RL-1 summary. It must be used for 2016.

The information contained in this guide does not constitute a legal interpretation of the Taxation Act or any other legislation. Nor does this guide contain legislative amendments announced after October 31, 2016. You should therefore verify that the texts of the guide reflect current fiscal legislation.

For information about the changes to source deductions and contributions, including changes announced after the publication of this document, go to our website at www.revenuquebec.ca.

The online services and documents for employers are available on our website.Forms that are marked “Specimen” are provided for information purposes only, and are not to be used for any other purpose.

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1 GENER AL INFORMATION

1.1 Is this guide for you?

This guide is for you if you are an employer or a payer that is required to complete the RL-1 slip (Revenus d’emploi et revenus divers) and the RL-1 summary (form RLZ-1.S-V, Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions) for 2016.

For information about source deductions and contributions, consult the Guide for Employers (TP-1015.G-V).

1.2 Explanation of references

Below certain paragraphs, you will find references to interpretation bulletins and sections of various laws and regulations. Sections of the Taxation Act are referred to by a number only. References to the Regulation respecting the Taxation Act consist of the letter “R” preceded and followed by numbers. All other references consist of abbreviations followed by the section numbers.

LawsAIFC Act respecting international financial centresALFIT Act to establish a legal framework for information technologyALS Act respecting labour standardsAPI Act respecting parental insuranceAQPP Act respecting the Québec Pension PlanARAMQ Act respecting the Régie de l’assurance maladie du QuébecAWSDR Act to promote workforce skills development and recognitionTAA Tax Administration Act

Interpretation bulletinsIMP. Revenu Québec interpretation bulletin concerning the Taxation ActRAMQ. Revenu Québec interpretation bulletin concerning the Act respecting the Régie de l’assurance maladie

du QuébecRRQ. Revenu Québec interpretation bulletin concerning the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan

RegulationsALS (r. 5) Regulation respecting contribution ratesAPI (r. 3) Regulation respecting parental insurance plan premiumsAQPP (r. 1) Regulation respecting the assigning of a Social Insurance NumberAQPP (r. 2) Regulation respecting contributions to the Québec Pension PlanAQPP (r. 6) Regulation respecting pensionable employmentARAMQ (r. 1) Regulation respecting contributions to the Québec Health Insurance PlanAWSDR (r. 3) Regulation respecting eligible training expendituresAWSDR (r. 5) Regulation respecting the exemption applicable to a holder of a training initiative quality certificateAWSDR (r. 7) Regulation respecting training mutuals

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1.3 Abbreviations

BDC Biotechnology development centreCNESST Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travailCPP Canada Pension PlanFTQ Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du QuébecGST Goods and services taxHBP Home Buyers’ PlanIFC International financial centreLLP Lifelong Learning PlanNAICS North American Industry Classification SystemPRPP Pooled registered pension planQPIP Québec parental insurance planQPP Québec Pension PlanQST Québec sales taxR&D Scientific research and experimental developmentRCM Regional county municipalityRDSP Registered disability savings planRESP Registered education savings planRPP Registered pension planRRSP Registered retirement savings planSIN Social insurance numberTFSA Tax-free savings accountVRSP Voluntary retirement savings planWSDRF Workforce Skills Development and Recognition Fund

1.4 Glossary

The terms below are defined in the context of this guide.

EmployeeAn individual who holds employment or an office.

EmploymentWork carried out by an individual under a written or verbal contract of employment (includes an office).

Employment incomeIncome from employment or from an office.

IndividualA natural person.For the purposes of this guide, the term “individual” refers both to an employee and to a recipient of an amount you pay as a payer.

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OfficeA position for which an individual is entitled to be remunerated.For example, a member of the board of directors of a corporation holds an office, even if he or she performs no administrative duties. An individual who is an elected or appointed representative also holds an office.

PersonA natural person or a legal person.

Place of residenceA person’s place of residence within the meaning of the Taxation Act.To determine the place of residence of an individual who leaves Québec or Canada, refer to interpretation bulletin IMP. 22-3/R1, which is available at www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca.

RemunerationSalary or wages and any other amount that you paid as an employer (for example, a retiring allowance) or as a payer (for example, pension benefits).

Remuneration paid and salary or wages paidRemuneration and salary or wages that are paid, allocated, granted or awarded.

NOTES• A benefit granted to an employee is considered to be salary or wages paid. For example, if in a given week you pay an employee

his or her salary of $400 and also grant the employee a taxable benefit in kind (that is, other than in cash) valued at $200, the salary paid is $600.

• A tip allocated to an employee constitutes salary or wages paid.• Under the QPIP, only remuneration actually paid to an employee is considered salary or wages paid. A benefit in kind generally

does not constitute eligible salary or wages under the QPIP.

1; 1015R1, 1015R2; AQPP 1, 37.1; ARAMQ 33, 33.2; ALS 1, 39.0.1; AWSDR 4 and Schedule

Salary or wagesGross employment income, including the following amounts and any similar payment made to an employee:• taxable benefits (including taxable allowances);• commissions;• overtime pay;• vacation pay;• retroactive pay, including payments resulting from a collective agreement signed before the death of an employee;• tips (including allocated tips);• advances;• gratuities (including bonuses and incentives);• certain amounts paid further to an industrial accident − CNESST (see section 5.2);• indemnities paid further to a precautionary cessation of work (that is, the amount paid to an employee under the

Act respecting occupational health and safety for the first five days following the date on which the employee ceased to work);

• the portion of the salary or wages (earned during the year) that is to be paid in another year, under a salary deferral arrangement;

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• amounts paid to an employee during a self-funded leave of absence;• out-of-Canada living allowances;• location incentives paid to a physician;• directors’ fees;• amounts paid after an employee’s death (other than a death benefit), provided the payments were foreseeable

at the time of death;• fees paid in connection with employment (for example, the fees paid to council or committee members);• earnings loss benefits, supplementary retirement benefits and permanent impairment allowances paid under the

Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act (federal statute);• an amount paid to an employee by a person with whom the employer is not dealing at arm’s length, if the amount

would have been included in the employee’s salary or wages had the salary or wages been paid by the employer.

In this guide, contrary to the definition provided in tax legislation, the term “salary or wages” does not include the following:• wage loss replacement benefits paid under a wage loss replacement plan to which the employer contributed;• amounts paid by a trustee of an employee trust or a profit-sharing plan;• amounts paid by a custodian of an employee benefit plan.1, 1159.1 (“base wages”)

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2 PRINCIPAL CHANGES

2.1 Allowance for the use of a motor vehicle

For 2016, the per-kilometre rate for the use of a motor vehicle that you pay an employee and that we consider reasonable has decreased from $0.55 to $0.54 for the first 5,000 kilometres and from $0.49 to $0.48 for each additional kilometre.

2.2 Operating-costs benefit related to an automobile made available to an employee

For 2016, the per-kilometre rate used to calculate the operating-costs benefit related to an automobile made available to an employee has decreased from $0.27 to $0.26. For employees engaged principally in selling or leasing automobiles, the per-kilometre rate has decreased from $0.24 to $0.23.

2.3 Retraite Québec

On January 1, 2016, the Régie des rentes du Québec and the Commission administrative des régimes de retraite et d’assurances became a single agency named Retraite Québec.

This change does not affect your obligations to Revenu Québec. You continue to be required to withhold QPP contributions from your employees’ salaries and wages and to remit them and an equivalent employer contribution to Revenu Québec. Revenu Québec remits your employee and employer QPP contributions to Retraite Québec.

2.4 Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail

On January 1, 2016, the Commission des normes du travail (CNT), the Commission de l’équité salariale (CES) and the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST) became a single agency named the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST).

This change does not affect your obligations to Revenu Québec. You continue to be required to pay the contribution related to labour standards (formerly the “contribution to the financing of the CNT”) when you file the RL-1 summary. You also continue to be required to remit your periodic payments of the occupational health and safety insurance premium at the same time as your source deductions and employer contributions. You must make the payments using the CNESST box on the remittance forms we send you. All amounts you pay to Revenu Québec for the CNESST and the information you report in the CNESST box on the form are forwarded to the CNESST.

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3 FILING RL-1 SLIPS AND THE RL-1 SUMMARY

3.1 General information

3.1.1 RL-1 slipYou have the obligation to file an RL-1 slip to report any amounts that you paid to an employee or a beneficiary (as the case may be), and to provide the information requested. The RL-1 slip is used to report:• the salary or wages and any other remuneration paid to an employee (including remuneration paid to an employee

who is your spouse, or the spouse of a shareholder or of a member of a partnership);• income other than a salary or wages (see section 4.17);• the commissions paid to a self-employed person (see section 4.17.15);• fees or other amounts paid to a self-employed person if Québec income tax was withheld from such amounts

(see section 4.17.8);• amounts deducted at source from the above-mentioned types of remuneration;• any additional information.

Any salary or wages and other amounts paid to an employee by the same employer should be entered on a single RL-1 slip, if possible. In addition, any salary or wages paid to an employee by a person with whom an employer is not dealing at arm’s length must be shown on the RL-1 slip issued by the employer (see the note below).

NOTESalary or wages paid by a person with whom an employer is not dealing at arm’s lengthYou must file an RL-1 slip to report the amounts of the QPP contribution and the pensionable salary or wages under the QPP that are related to an amount paid to an employee by a person with whom you are not dealing at arm’s length. If that person has an establishment in Québec, that person must file an RL-1 slip to report the amount paid to the employee and the income tax withheld from the amount. Otherwise, you must report the amount on the RL-1 slip you file for the employee.

For purposes of the QPP contribution, the contributions to the health services fund and to the WSDRF, and the contribution related to labour standards, you are deemed to have paid to an employee any amount that was paid to the employee by a person with whom you are not dealing at arm’s length and that would have been included in the employee’s salary or wages had the amount been paid by you.

All salaries and wages paid to an employee must be reported, regardless of the amount and regardless of whether source deductions were made.

Partners and self-employed individuals must not use the RL-1 slip to report their own drawings.

A salary or wages or other remuneration must be reported on the RL-1 slip issued for the year in which the amount is paid to the individual.

ExampleOn January 2, 2017, you pay salary or wages for the pay period covering December 22, 2016, to January 2, 2017. You must report that income on the RL-1 slip for 2017 rather than on the slip for 2016.

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As a rule, you must file an RL-1 slip to report the salary or wages paid to:• an employee who reports for work at one of your establishments located in Québec;• an employee who, though not required to report for work at one of your establishments (located in Québec or

elsewhere), is paid from one of your establishments located in Québec.

According to this rule, but subject to the special cases described in section 3.2, you are not required to file an RL-1 slip for an employee who reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside Québec.IMP. 1015-1/R1; 1086R1

Employee who is not resident in QuébecThe above rules also generally apply in the case of an employee who is not resident in Québec. In the case of an employee who is not resident in Canada and who is entitled to a five-year tax exemption, see section 5.8.

3.1.2 RL-1 summaryYou have the obligation to file an RL-1 summary if:• you have to file an RL-1 slip;• you have to file an RL-2 or an RL-25 slip to report amounts on which you withheld Québec income tax;• you withheld Québec income tax, QPP contributions or QPIP premiums;• you are required to pay the employer QPP contribution, QPIP premium or contribution to the health services fund;• you are required to pay the contribution related to labour standards;• you are required to participate in workforce skills development and must inform us of your total payroll and eligible

training expenses; and• you are required to pay the employer contribution to the WSDRF.

The RL-1 summary is used to compare source deductions of income tax, as well as QPP contributions, QPIP premiums, and the contribution to the health services fund, with the amount of duties that you reported for the year. It is also used to calculate the contribution to the health services fund, the contribution related to labour standards, the contribution to the WSDRF, and the total of your eligible training expenditures that may be carried forward (where applicable).

See Part 6 for information on how to complete the RL-1 summary.

NOTEEven if you had no remittances to make during the year because you had no employees and did not file RL-1 slips, your account may have remained open. If you expect your situation to be the same in the coming year, you must inform us.

3.2 Special cases

In all cases, you must file an RL-1 slip to report the salary or wages paid to an employee who reports for work at one of your establishments located in Québec and at one of your establishments located outside Québec (see section 3.2.1).In certain cases, you must file an RL-1 slip to report the salary or wages paid to:• an employee who reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside Québec or who is paid from

one of your establishments located outside Québec (see section 3.2.2);• an employee who reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside Canada or who is paid

from one of your establishments located outside Canada (see section 3.2.3);• an employee who is the employee of an employer that does not carry on business in Québec, for services the

employee performed for you in Québec (see section 3.2.4).

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3.2.1 Employee who reports for work at one of your establishments located in Québec and at one of your establishments located outside Québec

If an employee reports for work at one of your establishments located in Québec and at one of your establishments located outside Québec, you must file an RL-1 slip for the employee. The rules below also apply.

Salary or wages related to a regular pay periodAn employee’s salary or wages related to a regular pay period are subject to the following contributions, except if, during this period, the employee primarily reports to one of your establishments located outside Québec: employee and employer QPIP premiums, the employer contribution to the health services fund and the contribution related to labour standards. We consider that the same rule applies to source deductions of income tax and to employee and employer QPP contributions.

In addition, the salary or wages must be included in the total payroll used to calculate the health services fund contribution rate, the participation in workforce skills development and, if applicable, the employer contribution to the WSDRF.

Salary or wages not related to a regular pay periodGratuities, retroactive pay, vacation pay and any other amounts paid to an employee that are not related to a regular pay period are subject to the following contributions only if the employee ordinarily reports to one of your establishments located in Québec: employee and employer QPIP premiums, the employer contribution to the health services fund and the contribution related to labour standards. We consider that the same rule applies to source deductions of income tax and to employee and employer QPP contributions.

In addition, these amounts must be included in the total payroll used to calculate the health services fund contribution rate, the participation in workforce skills development and, if applicable, the employer contribution to the WSDRF.

Also see section 12.4.1 of the Guide for Employers (TP-1015.G-V).1086R1; 1159.1, 1159.1.1; API 43, 48; API (r.3); ARAMQ 33, 34, 34.0.0.1; ALS 39.0.1; AWSDR 4 and Schedule

3.2.2 Employee who reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside Québec or who is paid from one of your establishments located outside Québec

As a rule, you do not have to file an RL-1 slip for an employee who reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside Québec or who is not required to report for work at one of your establishments (located in Québec or elsewhere) and who is paid from one of your establishments located outside Québec.IMP. 1015-1/R1; 1086R1

QPIP premiums, employer contributions to the health services fund and to the WSDRF, and the contribution related to labour standardsIf an employee is not required to report for work at one of your establishments (located in Québec or elsewhere) but is paid from one of your establishments located outside Québec, the employee’s salary or wages for a given pay period may still be subject to employee and employer QPIP premiums, the employer contribution to the health services fund and the contribution related to labour standards if, for that pay period, the employee can reasonably be considered to be an employee of one of your establishments located in Québec.

In addition, you must include the salary or wages in the total payroll used to calculate the health services fund contribution rate, the participation in workforce skills development and, if applicable, the employer contribution to the WSDRF.

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To determine whether an individual is an employee of one of your establishments located in Québec, we take into consideration criteria such as:• the location where the employee primarily reports for work;• the employee’s principal place of residence;• the location where the employee primarily performs his or her duties;• the establishment from which the employee’s work is supervised;• the nature of the employee’s duties.

You must file an RL-1 slip for an employee who is considered to be an employee of one of your establishments located in Québec.1086R1; API 43, 48.1; API (r.3); ARAMQ 33, 34, 34.0.0.2; ALS 39.0.1; AWSDR 4 and Schedule

3.2.3 Employee who reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside Canada or who is paid from one of your establishments located outside Canada

If an employee reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside Canada or is paid from one of your establishments located outside Canada, special rules may apply with respect to QPP contributions, QPIP premiums and the employer contribution to the health services fund.

QPP contributionsAny salary or wages paid for work performed outside Canada are subject to employee or employer QPP contributions only in the following cases:• The salary or wages are paid from one of your establishments located in Québec, and you have signed an agreement

with Retraite Québec respecting work performed outside Canada by employees who were resident in Québec at the time of their posting to a foreign country (see the note on the next page).

• The work is performed in a country that has signed a social security agreement with Québec, by employees who were resident in Québec at the time of their posting to a foreign country (see section 6.14 of the Guide for Employers (TP-1015.G-V) for more information on social security agreements).

You must file an RL-1 slip for the employee in these cases to report any salary or wages earned outside Canada, any salary or wages earned in Québec, the QPP contribution and the pensionable salary or wages under the QPP.

NOTEContact us if the salary or wages are paid from one of your establishments located in Québec, but you have not signed an agreement with Retraite Québec respecting work performed outside Canada by employees who were resident in Québec at the time of their posting to a foreign country.

QPIP premiumsYou may be required to withhold and pay QPIP premiums on an employee’s eligible salary or wages if the employee was resident in Québec at the end of the year and, for the pay period concerned:• you have an establishment in Québec;• the employee reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside Canada or, if the employee is

not required to report for work at one of your establishments, the employee is paid from one of your establishments located outside Canada;

• the employee is not subject to a premium under a prescribed plan;• the employee’s remuneration is not subject to Employment Insurance premiums.

You must file an RL-1 slip for an employee in such a case to report the QPIP premium and the eligible salary or wages under the QPIP.1086R1; API 43, 43.1; API (r.3)

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Employer’s contribution to the health services fundIf you posted an employee to a country that has a social security agreement with Québec providing for the reciprocal coverage of health insurance plans, you are not required to file an RL-1 slip for the employee if you did not pay the employee’s salary or wages for the period during which you posted the employee to that country. However, you must include the salary or wages in the total payroll used to calculate your health services fund contribution rate, and you are required to pay the employer contribution to the health services fund on the salary or wages.

If you did not pay the employee’s salary or wages for the period during which the employee was posted outside Canada, the following rules apply:• The employee must inform you in writing, by March 1 of the year following the year in which the employee was

posted outside Canada, of the salary or wages that he or she was paid for the period.• You are deemed to have paid the salary or wages to the employee on March 1 of the year following the year in

which they were paid. You must therefore include this amount in your remuneration subject to the contribution to the health services fund and in your total payroll for that year.

See section 8.6 of the Guide for Employers (TP-1015.G-V) for more information on social security agreements providing for the reciprocal coverage of health insurance plans.IMP. 1015-1/R1; 1086R1; ARAMQ 33, 34, 34.0.2

3.2.4 Services performed for you by an employee of an employer that does not carry on business in Québec

If you have an establishment in Québec, and an individual who is not your employee (but an employee of an employer that does not have an establishment in Québec) performs services for you in Québec, you may be deemed to have paid the employee’s salary or wages if the following conditions are met:• The employee reports for work at one of your establishments located in Québec.• The service is performed as part of the employee’s ordinary duties with his or her employer, in the course of your

regular and ongoing activities.• The service is of the same nature as services performed by employees of employers that carry on the same type

of business as you.

If these conditions are met, the employee’s salary or wages are subject to the following contributions: employee and employer QPIP premiums, the employer contribution to the health services fund and the contribution related to labour standards. In addition, you must include the salary or wages in the total payroll used to calculate the health services fund contribution rate, the participation in workforce skills development and, if applicable, the employer contribution to the WSDRF.

In this case, you must file an RL-1 slip for the employee.

ExceptionIf you can show that you did not use the services of such an employee in order to reduce your employer QPIP premiums, your employer contributions to the health services fund and to the WSDRF, and your contribution related to labour standards, you will not be required to make source deductions and pay contributions on the employee’s salary or wages, and will not have to file an RL-1 slip for the employee.1086R1; API 43, 48.2, 48.3; API (r.3); ARAMQ 33, 34, 34.0.0.3, 34.0.0.4; ALS 39.0.1; AWSDR 4 and Schedule

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TABLE 1 Are you required to file RL-1 slips?

You are required to file an RL-1 slip• The employee reports for work only at one of your establishments located in Québec, or is not required to report

to one of your establishments (located in Québec or elsewhere), but is paid from one of your establishments located in Québec.

• The employee reports for work at one of your establishments located in Québec and at one of your establishments located outside Québec (see section 3.2.1).

You are not required to file an RL-1 slip• The employee reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside Québec, or is not required

to report for work at one of your establishments (located in Québec or elsewhere) but is paid from one of your establishments located outside Québec, except where the employee’s salary or wages are subject to QPIP premiums (see section 3.2.2).

• The employee reports for work only at one of your establishments located outside Canada, or is not required to report for work at one of your establishments (located in Québec or elsewhere) but is paid from one of your establishments located outside Canada, except where the employee’s salary or wages are subject to QPP contributions or QPIP premiums (see section 3.2.3).

• The employee is posted to a country that has a social security agreement with Québec providing for the reciprocal coverage of health insurance plans (provided you did not pay the employee’s salary or wages), except where the employee’s salary or wages are subject to QPP contributions or QPIP premiums (see section 3.2.3).

• The employee is not your employee, but rather the employee of an employer that does not carry on business in Québec, and the employee performed services for you in Québec, except where you are deemed to have paid the employee’s salary or wages (see section 3.2.4).

IMP. 1015-1/R1; 1086R1; 1159.1, 1159.1.1; API 43, 43.1, 48, 48.1–48.3; API (r.3); AQPP 7; AQPP (r.2); AQPP (r.8); ARAMQ 34, 34.0.0.1, 34.0.0.2, 34.0.2; ALS 39.0.1; AWSDR 4 and Schedule

3.3 Filing methods

You must file the prescribed RL-1 slip and the RL-1 summary. Both the RL-1 slip and the RL-1 summary are available on our website and can be completed directly onscreen. You can also obtain a paper copy of these documents. If you are registered for My Account for businesses, you can file the slips and the summary (or the summary only) using the Online Filing of RL-1 Slips and the Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions service. The online service allows you to:• enter RL-1 slip and RL-1 summary data onscreen;• see the amounts paid or payable shown on the RL-1 summary;• validate certain data (messages guide the user to prevent errors and inconsistencies in the RL-1 slips);• be guided through the process of filing your RL-1 slips and the RL-1 summary;• have the totals from the RL-1 slips automatically calculated and carried to the RL-1 summary, which prevents

transcription errors;• print RL-1 slips;• view and print a list of all the RL-1 slips completed and the RL-1 summary;• keep data until they are transmitted;• transmit data online;• receive confirmation of your transmission within minutes;

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• continue to consult the data transmitted for a certain period of time;• retrieve the identification data of employees for whom you filed an RL-1 slip in the previous taxation year using

the service;• pay any balance due shown on the RL-1 summary.

You cannot use the online service if you are in one of the following situations:• You ceased to carry on your business during the year.• You permanently ceased to make remittances because you no longer have employees.• You wish to amend or cancel an RL-1 slip or an RL-1 summary already submitted to us.

For more information on our online services, visit our website.

NOTEClic Revenu online services will be replaced by My Account for businesses online services during the year.

Note that you can also use a computer-generated RL-1 slip using software authorized by Revenu Québec for filing RL-1 slips, or develop your own RL-slip software. If you develop your own software, certain requirements must be met.

See the Partners section of our website at www.revenuquebec.ca/partenaires for more information.

For information on the certification of software for filing RL-1 slips in XML, contact the Direction des relations avec les partenaires et des communications personnalisées by telephone at 418 266-1201 or, toll-free, at 1 866 840-7060, or by email at [email protected]

Employers that have more than one account numberIf you have more than one employer account, you must file RL-1 slips and an RL-1 summary for each account, under the name and identification number shown on the Remittance of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions (form TPZ-1015.R.14.1-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.2-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.3-V or TPZ-1015.R.14.4-V, as applicable) for each one.

All data pertaining to the contribution to the WSDRF must be included on a single RL-1 summary since the contribution must be calculated for the business as a whole and not for individual establishments. For more information, see section 6.5.1.AWSDR

Employers that use the services of a payroll service providerIf a payroll service provider files RL-1, RL-2 or RL-25 slips with us on your behalf, make sure that the service provider also files the RL-1 summary. Even if you have mandated a person to file these documents for you, you are not freed of your obligation to file them. If the person does not file them, you will have to. As well, copy 1 of any paper slips must be enclosed with the RL-1 summary, unless the slips or the summary was filed online.

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3.4 Filing deadline

The deadline for filing your RL-1 slips and the RL-1 summary with us and distributing the RL-1 slips to employees and beneficiaries is the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips.

However, in the situations described below, a different deadline may apply.

3.4.1 Employers that cease to carry on their businessIf you cease to carry on your business, you must file the RL-1 slips and the RL-1 summary with us and distribute the RL-1 slips to all employees and beneficiaries within 30 days after the date on which your business activities ceased.

You must also file your remittance form (TPZ-1015.R.14.1-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.2-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.3-V or TPZ-1015.R.14.4-V, as applicable) together with your remittance by the 7th day following the date on which you stopped carrying on your business.

NOTEYou may have to file a second RL-1 summary for the contribution to the health services fund by the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips. For more information, see section 6.3.1.

3.4.2 Employers that temporarily cease to make remittances but continue to carry on their business

If you temporarily cease to make remittances of source deductions and contributions, but continue to carry on your business, you must file your RL-1 slips and the RL-1 summary with us and distribute the RL-1 slips to all employees and beneficiaries no later than the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips.

The deadline for filing your remittance form (TPZ-1015.R.14.1-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.2-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.3-V or TPZ-1015.R.14.4-V, as applicable) together with your remittance is the same as what it would have been had you not stopped making remittances.

NOTEWe can authorize you not to file a remittance form for periods in which you do not withhold source deductions and contributions if you inform us of the date on which you plan to withhold source deductions and contributions again.

3.4.3 Employers that permanently cease to make remittances but continue to carry on their business

If you permanently cease to make remittances of source deductions and contributions because you no longer have employees, you must file your RL-1 slips and the RL-1 summary with us and distribute the RL-1 slips to all employees and beneficiaries by the 20th day of the month following the month in which you made your final remittance.

You must also file your remittance form (TPZ-1015.R.14.1-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.2-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.3-V or TPZ-1015.R.14.4-V, as applicable together with your remittance by the 20th day of the month following the month in which you made your final remittance.

NOTEYou may have to file a second RL-1 summary for the contribution to the health services fund by the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips. For more information, see section 6.3.1.

1086R67, 1086R70, 1086R71; TAA 34, 35.1; AWSDR 15, 16; ALS 39.0.4; ARAMQ (r. 1) 3; AQPP (r. 2) 11

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3.4.4 Death of the person required to file RL-1 slips and the RL-1 summaryIf the person required to file RL-1 slips and the RL-1 summary is deceased, the deceased’s legal representatives must file the slips and the form by the 90th day following the date of death.1086R68; AWSDR 14, 15; ALS 39.0.4; ARAMQ 33, 34.0.0.0.1; ARAMQ (r. 1) 3; AQPP (r. 2) 11

3.5 Filing RL-1 slips and the RL-1 summary with Revenu Québec

If you are filing more than 50 RL-1 slips, you must send the slips online in an XML file using software authorized by Revenu Québec or the Online Filing of RL-1 Slips and the Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions service.

If you are filing fewer than 51 RL-1 slips, you can send the slips online in an XML file using software authorized by Revenu Québec or the Online Filing of RL-1 Slips and the Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions service, or by mail (on paper). If you send paper slips by mail, send only copy 1 of each slip.

If you send us the RL slips online, do not mail us copy 1 of the paper slips. However, make sure you keep the slips on a technology-based medium or keep paper copies of the slips for six years after the last taxation year to which they apply.

IMPORTANTWe forward certain information from your RL-1 slips to Retraite Québec and to the Ministère du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale. This information may be taken into account when an application for benefits is filed.

If you are registered for My Account for businesses, you can use the Online Filing of RL-1 Slips and the Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions service to file the RL-1 summary online. If you do not file the RL-1 summary online, you must send it to us by mail (on paper).


Copy 1 of the paper slips must be enclosed with the RL-1 summary, unless you file the slips or the summary online.

Documents that are not filed online must be mailed to us at one of the following addresses:• Montréal, Laval, Laurentides, Lanaudière and Montérégie:

Revenu Québec C. P. 6700, succursale Place-Desjardins Montréal (Québec) H5B 1J4

• Québec City and other regions: Revenu Québec C. P. 25666, succursale Terminus Québec (Québec) G1A 1B6

For more information on filing RL-1 slips online, contact the Division de l’acquisition des données électroniques by telephone at 418 659-1020 or, toll-free, at 1 866 814-8392, or by email at [email protected].

We recommend that you consult the Tax Preparers’ Guide: RL Slips (ED-425-V), which is available on our website.

We also recommend that you consult the guide Programming and Transmitting RL-Slip Data (IN-800-V) and the Guide de préparation du relevé 1 (SW-301) (see courtesy translation SW-301-T, RL-1 Slip Preparation Guide). These guides are available in the restricted-access section for partners on our website at www.revenuquebec.ca/partenaires.1086R65, 1086R70; TAA 34, 35.1, 37.1.1; AWSDR 15, 16; ALS 39.0.4; ARAMQ (r.1) 3; AQPP (r.2) 11; ALFIT 3, 28, 29, 71

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3.6 Distributing RL-1 slips to employees and beneficiaries

If you file your RL-1 slips on paper, you must distribute copy 2 of the slip to the employees or beneficiaries either in person, by mail or by some other means. If you distribute copy 2 of the slip to an employee or beneficiary electronically, you must have received the employee’s or beneficiary’s prior written consent, either by mail, electronically or by some other means.1086R70

3.7 Amending or cancelling an RL-1 slip

To amend or cancel an RL-1 slip that has already been filed online in XML, refer to the instructions in the Tax Preparers’ Guide: RL Slips (ED-425-V), which is available on our website. You may also consult the guide Programming and Transmitting RL-Slip Data (IN-800-V) and the Guide de préparation du relevé 1 (SW-301) (see courtesy translation SW-301-T, RL-1 Slip Preparation Guide). These guides are available in the restricted-access section for partners on our website at www.revenuquebec.ca/partenaires. You can file amended or cancelled RL-1 slips online.

To amend a paper copy of an RL-1 slip that has already been submitted, file a new, corrected slip marked “Modifié.” Enter the letter “A” in the box marked “Code du relevé,” and the number shown in the upper right-hand corner of the slip you wish to amend in the box marked “No du dernier relevé transmis.” Finally, enter the revised amounts in the appropriate boxes and the amounts from the other boxes of the RL-1 slip that has already been submitted.

To amend a paper copy of an RL-1 slip filed for a year prior to 2012, you must file an amended RL-1 slip using form RL-1.M for the year in question. This slip is available on our website. Enter the revised amounts in the appropriate boxes, as well as the amounts from the other boxes of the RL-1 slip that has already been submitted. In the box marked “No du dernier relevé transmis,” enter the number shown in the upper right-hand corner of the slip you are amending. Remember to write your identification number in the box provided for this purpose.

To cancel a paper copy of an RL-1 slip that has already been submitted, photocopy the original slip and clearly mark the word “Annulé” on it. Make sure that the number shown in the upper right-hand corner of the original slip is legible on the photocopy.

NOTEThe instructions on how to amend or cancel an RL-1 slip that has been filed on paper also apply to an RL-1 slip that has been filed using the Online Filing of RL-1 Slips and the Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions service.

IMPORTANTPlease explain why you are cancelling or amending an RL-1 slip that you have filed online or on paper. You must give a copy of an amended RL-1 slip to the employee or beneficiary concerned.You must always complete and file an amended RL-1 summary when you amend or cancel an RL-1 slip, regardless of how you submit the documents.

3.8 Lost or destroyed slips

If an employee loses or destroys his or her copy of an RL-1 slip that has already been submitted, do not file a new slip. Give the employee a photocopy of the copy you kept for your files, clearly marked “Duplicate.” Make sure the number appearing in the upper right-hand corner of the slip is legible on the photocopy.

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3.9 Employees who leave their employment

If an employee leaves his or her employment before the end of the year, you can prepare an RL-1 slip or an RL-1.T slip (a temporary RL-1 slip) at that time and give the employee copy 2. If the version of the RL-1 slip for the year in question is not yet available, use the previous year’s version; simply cross out the year that appears on the slip and enter the year in question. File copy 1 of the RL-1 slip or of the RL-1.T slip at the same time as you file the RL-1 slips for your other employees and your RL-1 summary for the year in question.

3.10 Penalties

The Tax Administration Act provides penalties for filing the RL-1 slip or the RL-1 summary late.

When preparing RL-1 slips, you must make a reasonable effort to obtain the information to be shown on the slip. If you fail to provide required information, you are liable to a penalty of $100.TAA 58.2, 59, 59.0.2

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4 HOW TO COMPLETE THE RL-1 SLIPWhen completing RL-1 slips, you can enter the requested information by hand (print) or key (type) it in. Where there is no amount to be reported, leave the box blank. When an amount does not take up the entire box, do not use other symbols, such as asterisks, to fill the box. Such symbols make it difficult to read the amounts. If the number of blank boxes for additional information is insufficient, complete another RL-1 slip.

The sequential number in the upper right-hand corner of the slip must not be used for more than one employee. Unless you have received authorization from us, do not enter a second sequential number in the box.

Enter all amounts in Canadian dollars. If this is not possible, enter “200” in a blank box, followed by the currency used.

NOTEIf you used the Online Filing of RL-1 Slips and the Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions service to file an employee’s RL-1 slip in the previous taxation year, you can use the service to retrieve the employee’s identification information. For more information on our online services, visit our website.

4.1 Box marked “Code du relevé”

In the box marked “Code du relevé,” enter the letter “R” if the slip being filed is an original RL-1 slip, the letter “A” for an amended slip and the letter “D” for a cancelled slip. For more information on amending or cancelling a slip, see section 3.7.

4.2 Box marked “No du dernier relevé transmis”

If you are amending a slip, enter the number of the slip being amended in the box marked “No du dernier relevé transmis.” For more information on amending a slip, see section 3.7.

4.3 Box A – Employment income

Enter the following amounts in box A, calculated before source deductions:• a salary or wages (see section 1.4);• an amount paid by a custodian of an employee benefit plan (see section 4.3.4);• an amount allocated by a trustee of an employee trust (see section 4.3.5).

Read the sections of the guide pertaining to boxes J through M and boxes P, S, T, V and W before you complete box A, as the amounts to be entered in these boxes must also be included in the amount in box A.

Also, read Part 5 of the guide if:• you paid an indemnity further to a precautionary cessation of work (section 5.1);• you paid indemnities further to an industrial accident – CNESST (section 5.2);• you paid amounts after the death of an employee, and the payments were foreseeable (section 5.3);• you paid a salary or wages to an Indian (section 5.4);• an employee used a chainsaw or a brushcutter (section 5.5);

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• an employee was a Québec sailor engaged in international freight transportation, and you are an eligible shipowner (section 5.6);

• an employee was a member of the Canadian Forces or a police officer and was assigned to a recognized special mission (section 5.7);

• you paid a salary or wages to a foreign employee who is entitled to a five-year tax exemption (section 5.8).

4.3.1 Directors’ feesIf you paid directors’ fees to a director, enter the amount in box A of the director’s RL-1 slip.Directors’ fees paid to a non-resident director must be entered in box A, not in box O.1015, 1159.1 (“wages”); 1015R18, 1086R1; AQPP 45; ARAMQ 33 (“wages”); ALS 39.0.1 (“remuneration”); AWSDR 4 and Schedule

4.3.2 Salary deferral arrangementsIf you have a salary deferral arrangement with an employee and, under the arrangement, you defer the payment of a portion of the salary or wages earned by the employee in the year to another year, enter in box A of the employee’s RL-1 slip the total salary or wages earned by the employee in the year, including the unpaid amount being deferred to another year. In doing this, you will not have to include the deferred amount in box A of the employee’s RL-1 slip in the year you actually pay it.

Unless the funds are held by a trust, you must also include in box A the interest accrued for the employee’s benefit during the year.

Example

Salary or wages earned in 2016 and deferred to 2018 $3,000

Interest accrued in 2016 $100

Interest accrued in 2017 $150

Amount paid in 2018 $3,250

The amounts to be included in box A for the years 2016 to 2018 are as follows:

Year 2016 2017 2018

Box A $3,100 $150 —

Salary deferral arrangementAs a rule, a plan or arrangement entered into by an employer and an employee, under which a portion of the salary or wages an employee earns for a given year is paid in another year or in other years.

47.10–47.12, 47.15–47.17, 1159.1 (“wages”); 1086R1; AQPP 45; ARAMQ 33 (“wages”); ALS 39.0.1 (“remuneration”); AWSDR 4 and Schedule

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4.3.3 Self-funded leaves of absenceAny amount, including accrued interest, that you pay to an employee during a self-funded leave of absence must be reported in box A of the employee’s RL-1 slip for the year in which the amount is paid. The salary or wages earned by the employee during the year must be reported in box I of the employee’s RL-1 slip.

This also applies to certain arrangements that allow professional athletes to defer their salary or wages.

ExampleAn employee participates in a self-funded leave of absence plan from 2016 to 2020. The employee receives 80% of his salary during these five years and takes the leave of absence in 2020.Salary earned by the employee: $50,000Salary paid to the employee: $40,000

The amounts to be included in box A and box I for 2016 to 2020 are as follows:

Year 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 (leave)

Box A $40,000 $40,000 $40,000 $40,000 $40,000

Box I $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 —

47.16R1, 47.16R2, 1086R1; IMP. 47.16-1/R2; 1159.1 (“wages”); AQPP 45; ARAMQ 33 (“wages”); ALS 39.0.1 (“remuneration”); AWSDR 4 and Schedule

4.3.4 Employee benefit planIf you are the custodian of an employee benefit plan, you must include in box A any amounts you paid under the plan, or further to the disposition of an interest in the plan, with the exception of the following:• refunds of contributions to employees (such refunds are non-taxable);• death benefits (such benefits are to be reported in box O);• pension benefits for services performed for you by a person during a period in which he or she was not resident

in Canada (such benefits are to be reported on the RL-2 slip).

You must also enter “A-1” in a blank box, followed by the amount from an employee benefit plan. As this amount is not subject to QPP contributions or QPIP premiums, you must enter “0” in boxes G and I.

Employee benefit planAn arrangement under which an employer, or a person with whom the employer does not deal at arm’s length, remits contributions to a custodian of an employee benefit plan for the purpose of financing payments to or for the benefit of:• employees or former employees; or• persons not dealing at arm’s length with an employee or a former employee.

47.1–47.6, 1159.1 (“wages”); 1086R1; AQPP 45; RRQ. 50-2/R1; ARAMQ 33 (“wages”); RAMQ. 34-2/R2; ALS 39.0.1 (“remuneration”); AWSDR 4 and Schedule

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4.3.5 Employee trustsYou must include in box A any amounts you allocated, as a trustee of an employee trust, to a beneficiary of the trust.

You must also enter “A-2” in a blank box, followed by the amount allocated to the beneficiary of the employee trust. As this amount is not subject to QPP contributions or QPIP premiums, you must enter “0” in boxes G and I.

Employee trustAn arrangement established after 1979 that the trustee has elected to designate as an employee trust. Under the arrangement, the employer remits amounts to the trustee for the sole purpose of providing for the payment of benefits to the employees or former employees of the employer (or of a person related to the employer).

NOTETo retain its status, an employee trust must allocate to the beneficiaries (employees), each year, any income that is not derived from a business, including the employer’s contributions.

47.1, 47.7–47.9, 1159.1 (“wages”); AQPP 45; ARAMQ 33 (“wages”); ALS 39.0.1 (“remuneration”); AWSDR 4 and Schedule

4.3.6 Contributions to a multi-employer insurance planThe portion of the contribution (and related tax) that you paid to the administrator of a multi-employer insurance plan must be entered in boxes A and P.43.1, 43.2

4.3.7 Repayment of salary or wagesIf, pursuant to an arrangement, an employee or a former employee repays you, in the year, salary or wages (covered in box A) that you paid for a period in which he or she did not perform the duties of his or her office or employment, follow the instructions below:• If the salary or wages repaid were paid in the year, enter the result of the following calculation in box A: the

amount of remuneration paid during the year minus the gross amount repaid.• If the salary or wages repaid were paid in a previous year, enter “A-3” in a blank box, followed by the amount

of the repayment. This way the employee can claim a deduction in his or her income tax return. This amount must pertain only to a salary or wages paid in a previous year. Note that you cannot amend the RL-1 slip filed in a previous year, and cannot recover your employer contributions.

For repayments of salary or wages related to a decision by the CNESST further to an industrial accident, see section 5.2.

4.3.8 Employment income paid by mistakeAny gross employment income that you paid by mistake and that was subsequently repaid to you by the employee does not constitute income for the year in which the employee received it.

Employee repays an amount in the year it was receivedIf the employee repays an amount received by mistake (that is, an amount equal to the gross income paid by mistake) in the year it was received, or before you file the employee’s RL-1 slip for that year, you must enter the actual employment income in box A.

The amount that you enter in box A must be reduced by the gross income amount repaid by the employee. In addition, if this amount was subject to QPP contributions and QPIP premiums, enter in boxes G and I the actual pensionable and eligible salary or wages (that is, minus the repayment). Note that the amounts entered in boxes B, E and H must always correspond to the source deduction amounts (regardless of any error in the amounts) because any amount withheld

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must be remitted to us. The employee may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld when filing his or her income tax return. The employee may also submit a written request for the refund of amounts overpaid in the four years following the end of the year in question.

Employee repays an amount in a different yearIf, at the time the employee makes the repayment, you have already filed an RL-1 slip that includes the employment income paid by mistake, you must file an amended slip (see section 3.7) for that year and enter the actual employment income in box A, that is, the amount paid during the year minus the gross income amount repaid by the employee.IMP. 32-1/R1

4.3.9 Retroactive paymentsIf you make a retroactive payment to an employee in the year further to a court judgment, an arbitration award or a settlement between the parties in legal proceedings, and a portion of the payment relates to previous years, you must issue the employee a statement specifying the years concerned, the total amount for those years as well as the amount for each year. The employee can then use the statement to request an income tax adjustment when filing his or her income tax return.

4.3.10 Benefit related to previous employmentIf the employment income entered in box A of the RL-1 slip consists only of a benefit (in cash or in kind) that the individual receives or benefits from during the year because of previous employment, enter “211” in a blank box of the RL-1 slip, followed by the amount in box A. This amount is equal to the total of the amounts entered in boxes J, K, L, P, V and W.358.0.3, 752.0.10.0.2, 1029.8.116.2.1, 1029.8.117

4.4 Box B – QPP contribution

Enter in box B the total QPP contributions withheld during the year. Do not correct the amount if it is too high. Leave the box blank if you did not withhold QPP contributions (see the note below). Do not enter in box B any amount you withheld as a CPP contribution; instead, enter “B-1” in a blank box, followed by the amount of the CPP contribution.

NOTEWe can issue you an assessment if the employee QPP contribution you withheld is insufficient. See Part 7 of this guide.

Employer that succeeds another employerIf you succeeded another employer following the formation or winding-up of a legal person or following the acquisition of the major portion of the property of a business or of a separate part of a business, and there was no interruption of the employee’s service, you must take into account the amounts already withheld by the previous employer (up to the total amount the previous employer paid for the year as the employer contribution for the employee) when you calculate the employee’s QPP contribution. However, do not include the amounts withheld by the previous employer on the RL-1 slip that you file for the employee. These amounts must be entered on the RL-1 slip that the previous employer is required to file for the employee. See the examples in section 4.9.3.

Special rules apply to amalgamated corporations (see section 4.9.4).

Recovery of QPP contributionsDo not enter on the RL-1 slip for the year amounts that you recovered in the year but should have withheld in a previous year. File an amended slip for the previous year instead.AQPP 50, 59–61; AQPP (r.2) 8; RRQ. 52-1/R4

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4.5 Box C – Employment Insurance premium

Enter in box C the total Employment Insurance premiums withheld during the year. Leave the box blank if no amount was withheld.

4.6 Box D – RPP contribution

Enter in box D the total amount withheld during the year for current and past service. For past service before 1990, enter, in a blank box, “D-2” for a contributor or “D-3” for a non-contributor, followed by the amount of the contribution for service before 1990.

An employee is a contributor where one of the following conditions is met:• The contributions were made for service during a year in which the employee contributed to the same RPP.• The contributions were made for service during a year in which the employee contributed to another RPP, and the

employee had not signed an agreement prior to March 28, 1988, for the payment of the contributions.

An employee is a non-contributor where one of the following conditions is met:• The contributions were made for service during a year in which the employee did not contribute to an RPP.• The contributions were made for service during a year in which the employee contributed to another RPP, and the

contributions were made pursuant to an agreement signed before March 28, 1988.

Also enter in box D any interest considered to be a contribution to an RPP, such as:• interest paid to offset the actuarial loss sustained when past service contributions are paid in instalments;• interest paid as carrying charges with respect to the instalments.

4.6.1 RRSP, PRPP and VRSP contributionsDo not include in box D the amounts withheld during the year as contributions to an RRSP, a PRPP or a VRSP. The RRSP, PRPP or VRSP issuer must provide an official receipt to the employee so that the employee can claim a deduction for these amounts in his or her income tax return.

However, if you did not withhold an amount from an employee’s remuneration, but paid an amount directly to the issuer of an RRSP of which the employee or his or her spouse is the annuitant, this amount is considered a taxable benefit and must be reported in boxes A and L. The plan issuer will provide the employee with an official receipt indicating the amount that may be claimed as a deduction in the employee’s income tax return.

NOTEIf you contributed to a PRPP or to a VRSP on behalf of an employee, this contribution does not constitute a taxable benefit for the employee.

70(c), 965.03; IMP. 160-2/R3

4.6.2 Contributions to a retirement compensation arrangementIn box D of an employee’s RL-1 slip, enter any contributions to a retirement compensation arrangement that you withheld from the employee’s remuneration.

Enter “D-1” in a blank box, followed by the amount of the contribution to a retirement compensation arrangement.

NOTEAmounts paid on behalf of the employee to the custodian of the retirement compensation arrangement do not constitute a taxable benefit for the employee. Such contributions should not be included on the RL-1 slip.

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4.7 Box E – Québec income tax withheld

Enter in box E the total Québec income tax withheld at source during the year. Do not include amounts withheld pursuant to an order to seize property in the hands of a third person or a formal demand for payment regarding income tax owing with respect to a previous year. Leave the box blank if no income tax was withheld.1015

4.8 Box F – Union dues

The amount withheld as union dues during the year should be included in box F only if you have entered into an agreement with the entity that your employees are members of, and the agreement provides that the entity is to issue no receipts for such an amount.

Such entities can be: unions; employee associations recognized by Revenu Québec; parity committees, advisory committees and similar groups; and the Commission de la construction du Québec.752.0.18.3–752.0.18.6

4.9 Box G – Pensionable salary or wages under the QPP

Enter in box G the pensionable salary or wages under the QPP (maximum of $54,900 for 2016) or “0” if there is no pensionable salary or wages under the QPP for the year. As a rule, the amount of the pensionable salary or wages under the QPP (see the note below) corresponds to the total of the following amounts:• the amounts in box A, box Q (deferred salary or wages) and box U (salary or wages deemed paid under a phased

retirement arrangement);• the employment income in box R (income paid to an Indian and situated on a reserve or premises) if you have

made the irrevocable election to have all of your Indian employees whose employment is excepted from the QPP by reason of a tax exemption participate in the QPP.

NOTEThe term “pensionable salary or wages under the QPP” refers to the salary or wages described in the second paragraph of section 50 of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (for employee and employer contributions) and in section 45 of the Act (for optional contributions).

The following amounts included in box A must not be entered in box G:• remuneration paid to an employee for excepted employment (for a definition of “excepted employment,” see

section 6.4 of the Guide for Employers [TP-1015.G-V]);• remuneration paid to an employee before and during the month the employee turned 18;• remuneration paid to an employee as of the month following the month in which the employee became disabled

(according to the date set by Retraite Québec), to the end of the month in which the employee stopped receiving a disability pension;

• amounts allocated by a trustee of an employee trust;• amounts paid by a custodian of an employee benefit plan;• the value of a taxable benefit (including an allowance) in respect of a residence or lodgings provided to a member

of the clergy or a religious order, or to a regular minister of a religious denomination, provided the person is entitled, under the Taxation Act, to deduct the value of this benefit;

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• earnings loss benefits, supplementary retirement benefits and permanent impairment allowances paid under the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act (federal statute);

• the value of a taxable benefit in kind if no amount was paid to the employee in cash or by cheque for the pay period during which the benefit was granted (if the employee received an amount in cash or by cheque in the pay period, but that amount did not cover the full QPP contribution, only the portion of the value of the benefit in respect of which you were unable to withhold the QPP contribution must be excluded from box G) (see the note below);

• the value of a benefit from an amount that you paid to acquire, on behalf of an employee, a share or fraction of a share issued by the Fonds de solidarité FTQ or by Fondaction (see the note below);

• fees calculated on an hourly, half-day or full-day basis that are paid to a person who is appointed:– by the government as a member of a commission, including a public inquiry commission, an evaluation

committee, a committee or panel of experts or a working group created for a set period;– as a member of a candidate selection or review committee established for that purpose under a Québec statute.

NOTEIf no amount was paid to an employee in cash or by cheque for the pay period during which the benefit was granted, you are not required to withhold and remit QPP contributions on the benefit. Such a benefit does, however, represent pensionable salary or wages for the employee. Consequently, you must enter “G-1” in a blank box, followed by the amount of the benefit.

If an amount was paid to an employee in cash or by cheque for the pay period during which the benefit was granted and the amount did not cover the full QPP contribution, you must enter in box G the portion of the pensionable salary or wages (including the amount of the exemption) that is related to the amount withheld. You must also enter “G-1” in a blank box, followed by the portion of the value of the benefit in respect of which you were unable to withhold the QPP contribution.

An employee who did not reach the maximum QPP contribution for the year may make an optional QPP contribution on the amount entered in box G-1 when filing his or her income tax return.

4.9.1 Calculation of pensionable salary or wages under the QPP (except employment income paid to an Indian and included in box R)

Enter in box G the total of the following amounts:• the amount in box A, minus the total of the excepted amounts described in section 4.9;• the amount in box Q, minus the total payments included in that box that were made to an employee before and

during the month the employee turned 18;• the amount in box U.

The amount that you enter in box G must not be over the maximum pensionable salary or wages under the QPP for 2016, that is, $54,900.

Example 1An employee is 17 years old. Her total earnings in the year were $10,000. Since the employee has not yet reached 18 years of age, the amount is not considered to be pensionable salary or wages under the QPP. You must therefore enter “0” in box G.

Example 2An employee earned $2,400 ($200 per week for 12 weeks). This amount, which was his only income for the year, is considered to be pensionable salary or wages under the QPP. You withheld a contribution of $7.07 per week. Enter $84.84 ($7.07 × 12) in box B and $2,400 in box G. Note that the $84.84 will be reimbursed to the employee when he files his income tax return.

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Example 3An employee is 57 years old. He earned $30,000 in the year. Of that amount, $2,000 was not pensionable salary or wages under the QPP. You contributed $1,000 on his behalf to an employee benefit plan (box Q). The amount deemed to be salary or wages on which you calculated additional contributions to the QPP under a phased retirement arrangement (box U) is $3,000. His pensionable salary or wages are therefore $32,000 (($30,000 – $2,000) + $1,000 + $3,000). Enter $32,000 in box G.

Example 4An employee is 20 years old. He earned $3,016 in the year ($58 per week). You did not withhold QPP contributions because his weekly wages were less than the amount of the exemption ($67.30). However, you must enter $3,016 in box G.

Example 5An employee earned $70,000 in 2016. Of that amount, $10,000 is not considered pensionable salary or wages under the QPP. You withheld $2,737.05 in QPP contributions for the year (the maximum QPP contribution amount for 2016). Enter $54,900, which is the maximum pensionable salary or wages under the QPP for 2016, in box G.

4.9.2 Calculation of pensionable salary or wages under the QPP with respect to employment income paid to an Indian and included in box R

If you made an election after June 30, 2006, to have all your Indian employees whose employment is excepted by reason of a tax exemption participate in the QPP, enter in box G the employment income of an Indian that is included in box R. In this case, you must have filed form RR-2-V, Election to Participate in the Québec Pension Plan: Indian Employees Whose Employment Is Excepted by Reason of a Tax Exemption.

ExampleAn employee who is an Indian earned $72,000 in 2016 ($6,000 per month). All of his income is situated on a reserve. You have made an irrevocable election, by filing form RR-2-V, under which the employment of all your Indian employees is subject to the QPP as of March 1, 2016. Therefore, the amount of $60,000 ($6,000 × 10 months) is pensionable salary or wages under the QPP. Enter $54,900, which is the maximum pensionable salary or wages under the QPP for 2016, in box G.

4.9.3 Employer that succeeds another employerIf you succeeded another employer following the formation or winding-up of a legal person or following the acquisition of the major portion of the property of a business or of a separate part of a business, and there was no interruption of the employees’ service, you must take into account the pensionable salary or wages calculated by the previous employer and with regard to which that employer paid the employer QPP contribution to calculate the amount to be entered in box G.

You and the previous employer must each file RL-1 slips for the period that concerns you.

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Calculation of pensionable salary or wages where the previous employer paid the employer QPP contributionIf an employee’s pensionable salary or wages calculated by the previous employer are over $54,900, enter “0” in box G. Otherwise, enter the lesser of the following amounts:• the pensionable salary or wages that you paid to the employee (calculated according to the instructions in

section 4.9.1);• $54,900 minus the pensionable salary or wages calculated by the previous employer.

If the lesser amount is equal to zero, enter “0” in box G.

If the lesser amount is equal to the total of the amounts in boxes A, Q and U, enter this amount in box G.

In the following examples, the previous employer is considered to have paid the full employer contribution on the employee’s pensionable salary or wages.

Example 1An employee earned $70,000 in 2016. Of that amount, $60,000 was paid by the previous employer. The total amount of $70,000 constitutes pensionable salary or wages under the QPP. Since the pensionable salary or wages calculated by the previous employer are over $54,900, enter “0” in box G.

Example 2An employee earned $60,000 in 2016. Of that amount, $10,000 was paid by the previous employer. The total amount of $60,000 constitutes pensionable salary or wages under the QPP. You must determine the lesser of the following amounts:• the pensionable salary or wages that you paid to him, that is, $50,000;• $54,900, minus the pensionable salary or wages calculated by the previous employer ($10,000), that is,

$44,900.

Since the lesser amount is $44,900, you must enter that amount in box G.

Recovery of QPP contributionsDo not enter, on the RL-1 slip for the year, amounts that you recovered in the year but should have withheld in a previous year. File an amended slip for the previous year instead.RRQ. 52-1/R4; AQPP (r.2) 8

4.9.4 Corporate amalgamation, annexation or constitution as a legal personAs a rule, a corporation resulting from the amalgamation of two or more corporations does not constitute a new employer (see section 6.9 of the Guide for Employers [TP-1015.G-V]).

The corporation resulting from the amalgamation must take into account the pensionable salary or wages calculated before the amalgamation when determining the amount to enter in box G.

In the case of an amalgamation, annexation, division, regrouping or constitution as a legal person, if the employer is a municipality, a metropolitan community, a school board, a CEGEP, or a public institution or a private institution under agreement within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services or the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons, the new employer is deemed to be the same as the previous employer. The new employer must take into account the pensionable salary or wages calculated by the previous employer when determining the amount to report in box G.

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The new corporation must file a single set of RL-1 slips for the QPP contributions remitted by the new corporation and by the amalgamated corporations. The slips must be sent to us by the last day of February of the year following the year of the amalgamation.AQPP 81(h); AQPP (r. 2) 10; RRQ. 52-1/R4

4.9.5 Pensionable earnings under the CPPIf an employee worked in Québec and in one or more other Canadian provinces during the year, enter “G-2” in a blank box of the employee’s RL-1 slip, followed by the total of the amounts of the pensionable earnings under the CPP entered in box 26 of the T4 slip that you have completed for the employee for each province other than Québec in which the employee worked.

4.10 Box H – QPIP premium

Enter in box H the total QPIP premiums withheld during the year. Do not correct the amount if it is too high. Leave the box blank if you did not withhold premiums. We can issue you an assessment if the employee QPIP premiums you withheld are insufficient. See Part 7 of this guide.

Employer that succeeds another employerIf you succeeded another employer following the formation or winding-up of a legal person or following the acquisition of the major portion of the property of a business or of a separate part of a business, and there was no interruption of the employee’s services, you must take into account the amounts already withheld by the previous employer when you calculate the employee’s QPIP premium. However, do not include the premiums withheld by the previous employer on the RL-1 slip that you file for the employee. They must be entered on the RL-1 slip that the previous employer is required to file for the year for the employee.

Special rules apply to amalgamated corporations (see section 4.11.5).

Recovery of QPIP premiumsDo not enter, on the RL-1 slip for the year, amounts that you recovered in the year but should have withheld in a previous year. File an amended slip for the previous year instead.API 58, 59, 59.1, 62, 63, 79; TAA 18.1

4.11 Box I – Eligible salary or wages under the QPIP

Enter in box I, the eligible salary or wages under the QPIP (maximum $71,500 for 2016) or “0” if there is no eligible salary or wages under the QPIP for the year. The amount of the eligible salary or wages under the QPIP generally corresponds to the amount of insurable earnings on which you withhold Employment Insurance premiums.

However, you may be required to withhold and pay QPIP premiums on remuneration that is not subject to Employment Insurance premiums, since employment that is not insurable under the Employment Insurance Act is not necessarily excluded employment under the Act respecting parental insurance. If this is the case, the salary or wages eligible under the QPIP are equal to the remuneration from which you would have withheld Employment Insurance premiums had the employment been insurable.

In many cases, the amount in box I will be different from the amount in box A. For example, an allowance for travel expenses paid to an employee in the construction sector under collective labour agreements governed by the Act respecting labour relations, vocational training and workforce management in the construction industry (CQLR, c. R-20) that is not included in box A must be included in box I if it is considered insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance program. In contrast, tips allocated to an employee (box T) are included in box A, but not in box I.

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4.11.1 Remuneration subject to the QPIPEnter in box I the result of the following calculation:• the total of the amounts entered in box A;plus• the portion of a non-taxable allowance for moving and relocation expenses that exceeds $650;• employment income paid to an Indian and included in box R;• an indemnity in lieu of notice (code RJ in box O), unless it was a retiring allowance under the Employment Insurance

program;• the portion of the salary or wages earned in the year that will be paid in another year as part of a self-funded

leave of absence;• a non-taxable allowance paid under section 39.3 of the Taxation Act to an elected member of a municipal council,

to a member of the council or executive committee of a metropolitan community, an RCM or a similar body created under a Québec statute, to a member of a municipal utilities commission or corporation or a similar body responsible for administering such services, or to a member of a public or separate school board or a similar body responsible for administering a school district for expenses related to the individual’s duties;

• an allowance for travel expenses paid to an employee in the construction sector under collective labour agreements governed by the Act respecting labour relations, vocational training and workforce management in the construction industry (CQLR, c. R-20) that is considered insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance program;

• a non-taxable allowance for travel expenses paid to a member of the board of an RCM or of the Kativik Regional Government under section 39.4 of the Taxation Act;

• a non-taxable allowance for travel expenses paid to a member of a board of directors or a committee member under section 39.4.1 of the Taxation Act;

• tax-exempt financial compensation that does not exceed $1,130 paid to an emergency services volunteer, unless the volunteer takes part in a rescue operation, is not regularly employed by the employer and is employed by the employer for fewer than seven days in the year;

• the cost of a transit pass considered to be non-taxable that is reimbursed to an employee;• a non-taxable allowance paid to a juror for meals, accommodation and transportation, and the allowance for the

care of children or other dependants and for psychological treatment, under sections 2 to 4 of the Regulation respecting indemnities and allowances to jurors (CQLR, c. J-2, r. 1);

• a wage loss replacement benefit paid by a third party under a plan funded in part by the employer and in respect of which the employer controls certain terms and conditions and determines eligibility for benefits (see section 4.17.16);

minus• a salary or wages paid to an employee for employment excluded from the QPIP (see section 7.4 of the Guide for

Employers [TP-1015.G-V]);• a salary or wages paid to one of the persons not subject to the QPIP premium (see section 7.4 of the Guide for

Employers [TP-1015.G-V]);• the value of a taxable benefit granted in kind (that is, other than in cash) that is included in boxes J, P, W and L

(do not subtract the amount of a taxable benefit for board and lodging granted to the employee for a pay period in which an employee receives cash remuneration);

• the value of a benefit from an amount that you have paid to acquire, on behalf of an employee, a share or fraction of a share issued by the Fonds de solidarité FTQ or by Fondaction;

• gift certificates and gift cards;• allocated tips (box T);• the employer’s contribution to a group RRSP, if the employee cannot withdraw amounts before his or her retirement

or termination of employment, or if the employee can withdraw amounts under the HBP or the LLP;

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• earnings loss benefits, supplementary retirement benefits and permanent impairment allowances paid under the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act (federal statute);

• an amount paid to an employee to increase parental insurance benefits if:– the total amount of the parental insurance benefits and top-up payments is not more than the employee’s

normal weekly remuneration; and– the top-up amount does not reduce severance pay, unused sick leaves or vacation days, or any other credit

accumulated by the employee;• an amount paid during a self-funded leave of absence;• an amount paid by a custodian of an employee benefit plan;• an amount paid by a trustee of an employee trust;• a salary paid to a judge or a presiding justice of the peace appointed in accordance with the Courts of Justice

Act (CQLR, c. T-16) or the Act respecting municipal courts (CQLR, c. C-72.01);• an amount paid to an employee by a person with whom the employer is not dealing at arm’s length, except where

the amount is considered to be insurable earnings (eligible salary or wages) for the employer;• fees calculated on an hourly, half-day or full-day basis that are paid to a person who is appointed:

– by the government as a member of a commission, including a public inquiry commission, an evaluation committee, a committee or panel of experts or a working group created for a set period;

– as a member of a candidate selection or review committee established for that purpose under a Québec statute.

4.11.2 Remuneration not subject to the QPIPThe following types of remuneration are not subject to the QPIP premiums because they do not constitute employment income:• supplementary unemployment benefits paid under a registered supplementary unemployment benefit plan and

covering periods of unemployment because of a temporary work stoppage, training, sickness, accident or quarantine (code RA in box O);

• a scholarship, bursary, fellowship or prize awarded for an achievement that is paid to an individual who is not your employee (code RB in box O);

• a research grant (code RC in box O);• fees paid to a self-employed person (this person will be subject to QPIP premiums) (code RD in box O);• labour adjustment benefits (code RG in box O);• labour adjustment benefits for older workers and income assistance payments (code RH in box O);• benefits paid under a program administered pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 5 of the Department

of Fisheries and Oceans Act (federal statute) (code RI in box O);• a retiring allowance, other than an indemnity in lieu of notice (code RJ in box O);• a death benefit (code RK in box O);• a patronage dividend (code RL in box O);• a commission paid to a self-employed person (this person will be subject to QPIP premiums) (code RM in box O);• a wage loss replacement benefit paid by an insurer under a wage loss replacement plan to which an employer

contributed (the employer must not control the plan or determine eligibility for the benefits) (code RN in box O);• an amount paid or allocated by a custodian under a retirement compensation arrangement (code RQ in box O);• financial assistance paid by the Ministère du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (code RS in box O);• an indemnity paid by you to enable the employee to receive care or undergo medical examinations or to carry out

an activity as part of a personal rehabilitation program, if you do not apply to the CNESST for the reimbursement to which you would be entitled (code RT in box O);

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• an amount paid to a beneficiary of an RESP (code RU in box O);• an amount paid to a subscriber of an RESP (code RV in box O);• an amount paid by you to a trustee of a profit-sharing plan or an employee trust, or to a custodian of an employee

benefit plan (included in box Q).

The amount that you enter in box I must not be over the maximum insurable earnings for 2016, that is, $71,500.

Example 1An employee earned $80,000 in 2016. This amount constitutes eligible salary or wages under the QPIP. Enter $391.82 ($71,500 × 0.00548), which is the employee’s maximum premium for 2016, in box H. Enter $71,500, which is the maximum insurable earnings under the QPIP for 2016, in box I.

Example 2An employee earned $40,000. Of this amount, $15,000 constitutes a retiring allowance, which is not subject to QPIP premiums. Enter $25,000 in box A and $15,000 in box O (code RJ). You must also enter $137 ($25,000 × 0.00548) in box H and $25,000 in box I.

Example 3One of your employees has died. You pay a death benefit of $20,000 to the beneficiary. The remuneration is not subject to QPIP premiums. Enter $20,000 in box O (code RK) and “0” in box I.

4.11.3 Employee whose work income is less than $2,000Where an employee’s total salary or wages for a year are under $2,000, the employee is not required to contribute to the QPIP for the year. You must, however, start withholding and paying QPIP premiums from the moment you pay the employee one dollar of eligible salary or wages. If the employee’s work income for the year is less than $2,000, the employee may claim a refund of the amount in his or her income tax return. You cannot recover your employer premium on the eligible salary or wages because the $2,000 threshold does not apply to the amounts you withhold as an employer or to your employer premium.

ExampleAn employee earned $1,500. This amount constitutes his only income for the year and is considered to be eligible salary or wages under the QPIP. Enter $8.22 ($1,500 × 0.00548) in box H and $1,500 in box I. When he files his income tax return, the amount of $8.22 will be reimbursed to him.

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4.11.4 Employer that succeeds another employerIf you succeeded another employer following the formation or winding-up of a legal person or following the acquisition of the major portion of the property of a business or of a separate part of a business, and there was no interruption of the employees’ service, you must take into account the eligible salary or wages calculated by the previous employer when you determine the amount to report in box I.

You and the previous employer must each file RL-1 slips for the period that concerns you.

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Calculation of eligible salary or wages in the case of an employer that succeeds another employerIf an employee’s eligible salary or wages calculated by the previous employer are over $71,500, enter “0” in box I. Otherwise, enter the lesser of the following amounts:• the eligible salary or wages that you paid to the employee;• $71,500 minus the eligible salary or wages calculated by the previous employer.

If the lesser amount is equal to $0, enter “0” in box I.

Example 1An employee earned $80,000 in 2016; of that amount, $72,000 was paid by his previous employer. The amount of $72,000 constitutes eligible salary or wages under the QPIP. Enter “0” in box I, since the eligible salary or wages calculated by the previous employer are over $71,500.

Example 2An employee earned $60,000 in 2016; of that amount, $10,000 was paid by his previous employer. The total amount of $60,000 constitutes eligible salary or wages under the QPIP. You must determine the lesser of the following amounts:• the eligible salary or wages that you paid the employee, that is, $50,000;• $71,500 minus the eligible salary or wages calculated by the previous employer ($10,000), that is, $61,500.

Enter $50,000 in box I.

Example 3An employee earned $29,000 in 2016; of that amount, $19,000 was paid by her previous employer. The total amount of $29,000 constitutes eligible salary or wages under the QPIP. You must determine the lesser of the following amounts:• the eligible salary or wages that you paid the employee, that is, $10,000;• $71,500 minus the eligible salary or wages calculated by the previous employer ($19,000), that is, $52,500.

Enter $10,000 in box I.

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4.11.5 Corporate amalgamationAs a rule, a corporation resulting from the amalgamation of two or more corporations does not constitute a new employer (see section 7.7 of the Guide for Employers [TP-1015.G-V]).

The corporation resulting from the amalgamation must take into account the eligible salary or wages calculated before the amalgamation when determining the amount to enter in box I. In addition, the corporation must file a single set of RL-1 slips for the QPIP premiums remitted by the new corporation and by the amalgamated corporations. The RL slips must be sent to us by the last day of February of the year following the year of the amalgamation.

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4.12 Box J – Private health services plan

Enter in boxes A and J of the RL-1 slip of a former, current or future employee your contribution to a private health services plan, for the coverage that the employee received during the year.

If the private health services plan is also a multi-employer insurance plan, enter the total amount in box P, rather than in box J.

The value of the benefit resulting from amounts that you paid to a private health services plan for coverage received by the surviving spouse and dependants after an employee’s death is not taxable.

For more information on the private health services plan, refer to the document Taxable Benefits (IN-253-V).

Benefit related to previous employmentIf the employment income entered in box A of the RL-1 slip consists only of a benefit (in cash or in kind) that the individual receives or benefits from during the year because of previous employment, enter “211” in a blank box of the RL-1 slip, followed by the amount in box A. This amount is equal to the total of the amounts entered in boxes J, K, L, P, V and W.358.0.3, 752.0.10.0.2, 1029.8.116.2.1, 1029.8.117

Contribution (or premium) paid by the employee to a private health services planThe contribution (or premium) paid by an employee to a private health services plan to cover medical or dental costs, for example, may entitle the employee to a tax credit for medical expenses when the employee files his or her income tax return.

To indicate on the employee’s RL-1 slip the amounts that he or she paid into such a plan, enter “235” in one of the blank boxes of the slip, followed by the amount. If the information is not provided on the RL-1 slip, the employee could ask you for supporting documents. Do not include this amount in box A.1, 37.0.1.1–37.0.1.6; 37.0.1.2R1, 37.0.1.5R1

4.13 Box K – Trips (remote area)

If you paid, on behalf of an employee who was a resident of a designated remote area (or on behalf of a member of the employee’s household), the cost of trips made to obtain medical care that was not available in the designated remote area or the cost of other trips, enter in boxes A and K of the employee’s RL-1 slip the total value of the benefit related to the trips (including GST and QST). In addition, in the case of trips made to obtain medical care, enter “K-1” in a blank box, followed by the value of the benefit related to the trips for medical care.

For more information or for a list of the designated remote areas, refer to the guide Deduction for Residents of Designated Remote Areas (TP-350.1.G-V).

Benefit related to previous employmentIf the employment income entered in box A of the RL-1 slip consists only of a benefit (in cash or in kind) that the individual receives or benefits from during the year because of previous employment, enter “211” in a blank box of the RL-1 slip, followed by the amount in box A. This amount is equal to the total of the amounts entered in boxes J, K, L, P, V and W.350.1–350.6, 358.0.3, 752.0.10.0.2, 1029.8.116.2.1, 1029.8.117

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4.14 Box L – Other benefits

Include in boxes A and L of the RL-1 slip the value of all other taxable benefits granted to an employee, unless a provision of the Taxation Act states otherwise. Do not enter in box L the value of any taxable benefits to be included in box J, K, P, V or W.

If your employee is also a shareholder and the employee receives taxable benefits as a shareholder (rather than as an employee), include the amount of the benefits in box O only (see section 4.17.17).

4.14.1 Allowance for the use of a motor vehicleAn allowance received by an employee for the use of a motor vehicle is deemed to be reasonable and does not have to be included on the RL-1 slip if all of the following conditions are met:• The use of the vehicle is evaluated solely on the basis of the number of kilometres for which the vehicle is actually

used in the performance of the individual’s duties.• The per-kilometre rate is reasonable (as a rule, $0.54 for the first 5,000 kilometres and $0.48 for each additional kilometre).• You do not pay an allowance for the use of the vehicle, in addition to reimbursing the employee for some or all of

the expenses respecting its use (see the note below).

NOTEWhere the reimbursement applies only to supplementary business insurance, tolls or ferry charges, and the allowance does not cover these expenses, the allowance will be considered reasonable if the first two conditions above are met.

If an allowance for the use of a motor vehicle is not reasonable, the full amount of the allowance must be included in boxes A and L. The employee may, however, claim a deduction for motor-vehicle expenses in his or her income tax return, as long as the requirements of the Taxation Act are met. To claim the deduction, the employee must have you sign a copy of form TP-64.3-V, General Employment Conditions, to certify that the general conditions of employment have been fulfilled, and must enclose this form with his or her income tax return.

If you pay an employee, for the use of the same motor vehicle, both a lump-sum allowance and an allowance based on kilometres actually travelled, you must include both allowances in the employee’s income. Enter the amount in boxes A and L of the employee’s slip.37, 40.1

4.14.2 Allowance for travel expenses (employment duties related to the sale of property or the negotiation of contracts)

Do not include on the RL-1 slip reasonable allowances that you granted to the employee to cover travel expenses (including those related to the use of a motor vehicle) incurred during periods when the employee’s duties consisted in selling property or negotiating contracts on your behalf.

If the allowance is not reasonable, you must include the full amount of the allowance in boxes A and L.40(a); IMP. 40-1/R2

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4.14.3 Allowance for travel expenses (employment duties not related to the sale of property or the negotiation of contracts)

Do not include on the RL-1 slip the reasonable allowances that you granted to the employee:• for the use of a motor vehicle, if the employee was required to travel in the course of his or her employment duties; or• to cover any other travel expenses (that is, other than expenses related to the use of a motor vehicle) incurred

during trips outside the local municipal territory or metropolitan area where the establishment at which the employee ordinarily worked (or to which he or she was ordinarily assigned) is located.

If the allowance is not reasonable, you must include the full amount of the allowance in boxes A and L.40(b), 40(c); IMP. 40-1/R2

4.14.4 Professional membership duesIf you paid or reimbursed an employee’s professional membership dues, the employee is considered to have received a taxable benefit. Enter in boxes A and L the amount that you paid, including GST and QST, minus any amount repaid by the employee.

For more information, refer to the document Taxable Benefits (IN-253-V).37; IMP. 37-2/R2

4.14.5 Employee QPP contributions and QPIP premiumsEnter in boxes A and L of the RL-1 slip of an employee any employee QPP contributions and QPIP premiums that you paid.

4.14.6 Gifts and rewardsThe following gifts and rewards are not considered taxable benefits:• non-monetary gifts given to an employee for a special occasion (for example, a Christmas, birthday or wedding gift),

up to a value of $500 (including taxes) per year;• non-monetary rewards given to an employee in recognition of certain accomplishments (for example, a certain

number of years of service), up to a value of $500 (including taxes) per year.

Gifts and rewards paid in cash (or easily convertible into cash) are taxable benefits. Gift certificates and gift cards that must be used to purchase goods or services from a specified business or list of businesses are not considered easily convertible into cash.

ExampleYou gave an employee a gift valued at $100 for his or her birthday and another valued at $450 for Christmas. You must enter $50 (($100 + $450) – $500) in boxes A and L of the RL-1 slip.If the gifts are monetary gifts, you must enter $550 in boxes A and L of the RL-1 slip.

The value of the gifts and rewards (including gifts and rewards to which the $500 exemption applies) is wholly deductible in the calculation of your income, provided the amount is reasonable under the circumstances.

NOTEThe full amount of a gift certificate whose amount is based on the employee’s sales is taxable, since such a certificate is received in exchange for the performance of work.

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4.14.7 RRSP contributions made by the employerContributions that you made to an RRSP of which the employee or the employee’s spouse is the annuitant and that were not withheld from the employee’s remuneration are considered a taxable benefit and must be included in boxes A and L.

4.14.8 Benefit related to previous employmentIf the employment income entered in box A of the RL-1 slip consists only of a benefit (in cash or in kind) that the individual receives or benefits from during the year because of previous employment, enter “211” in a blank box of the RL-1 slip, followed by the amount in box A. This amount is equal to the total of the amounts entered in boxes J, K, L, P, V and W.358.0.3, 752.0.10.0.2, 1029.8.116.2.1, 1029.8.117

4.14.9 Benefit related to the acquisition of shares of a labour-sponsored fundThe value of the benefit from an amount paid by an employer to acquire, on behalf of an employee, a share or fraction of a share issued by the Fonds de solidarité FTQ or by Fondaction is not subject to QPP contributions, the contribution to the health services fund, the contribution related to labour standards or the contribution to the WSDRF. This benefit constitutes a benefit in kind that is not subject to QPIP premiums. You must include the value of this benefit in boxes A and L of the RL-1 slip.

4.14.10 Financial compensation paid to an emergency services volunteerFor 2016, financial compensation that is not more than $1,130 is tax-exempt if it is paid by a government, municipality or other public authority to a person who is:• a volunteer firefighter;• a volunteer ambulance technician; or• a volunteer assisting in the search and rescue of individuals, or in other emergency operations.

If the amounts paid (as an allowance or in any other form) and the value of the benefits granted to the volunteer during the year are more than $1,130, the portion that is over $1,130 is taxable and must be included in boxes A and L of the volunteer’s RL-1 slip. You must also enter “L-2” in a blank box of the RL-1 slip, followed by the tax-exempt amount of the financial compensation.

ExceptionThe $1,130 exemption does not apply if, during the year, the volunteer worked for the same organization that paid the financial compensation, and he or she carried out duties that were similar or identical to those performed as a volunteer. For example, the exemption cannot be claimed by a volunteer firefighter who works for a municipality if he or she also has full-time or part-time employment with the municipality as a firefighter (whether the employment is permanent or the person has temporary employment as a replacement for a firefighter).

NOTEThe tax-exempt financial compensation amount is indexed annually. To find out what the amount was in another year, see our website.

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4.14.11 Other benefitsThe other benefits that must be included in boxes A and L are explained in the document Taxable Benefits (IN-253-V).37

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4.15 Box M – Commissions

Enter in box M the gross amount of any commissions paid to an employee during the year that are included in the amount in box A or in the amount in box R. In the case of a self-employed person, the commissions must be entered in box O only.

4.16 Box N – Charitable donations and gifts

Enter in box N the total of any amounts withheld as donations and gifts during the year and paid on behalf of the employee to a registered charity or other recognized organization.

Special rules apply if the employee, because of the donation or gift, received a benefit from the charity or organization. For more information, contact us.752.0.10.3, 752.0.10.3R5

4.17 Box O – Other income

Box O is used to report income that is not included in box A or any other box of the RL-1 slip. Enter in the box marked “Code (case O)” the appropriate alphabetic code to indicate income type. The codes are shown in parentheses after each type of income listed below.

If you paid any of the following types of income to an Indian, you may be required to enter all or part of the income in box R (see section 4.20).

4.17.1 Wage Earner Protection Program payments (CA)Enter in box O the payments made under the Wage Earner Protection Program by Employment and Social Development Canada. This program reimburses unpaid salary and wages, vacation pay, severance pay and termination pay up to an amount equal to four weeks of insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act.311(e.6), 1015(e.1); 1086R1(c)

4.17.2 TFSA (CB)Enter in box O any gains accumulated in a TFSA in trust after the death of the beneficiary.

4.17.3 Payments to the beneficiary of an RDSP (CC)Enter in box O the taxable portion of any disability assistance payments made to the beneficiary of an RDSP.

4.17.4 Benefits paid to parents of murdered or missing children (CD)The benefits paid to the parents of a crime victim by Employment and Social Development Canada, under the Federal Income Support for Parents of Murdered or Missing Children grant further to an offence under the Criminal Code, must be included in box O of the RL-1 slip.

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4.17.5 Supplementary unemployment benefits (RA)If you are the trustee of a supplementary unemployment benefit plan, include in box O the payments you made to a beneficiary under the plan.

NOTEContributions that an employer pays on behalf of an employee under a supplementary unemployment benefit plan do not constitute a taxable benefit for the employee, and should not be included on the RL-1 slip.

Supplementary unemployment benefit planAn arrangement under which an employer pays to a trust sums of money that are to be used to pay benefits to an employee or former employee who is laid off temporarily or for an indefinite period.

311(f), 962, 965, 1015(e.2); 1086R1

4.17.6 Scholarships, bursaries, fellowships and prizes (RB)Enter in box O of the RL-1 slip of an individual who is not your employee any amount you paid to the individual as a scholarship, bursary, fellowship, or prize for an achievement.

If you paid an amount to an employee as a scholarship, bursary, fellowship or prize for an achievement, the amount may constitute a taxable benefit. If this is the case, the value of the benefit must be included in boxes A and L. If the amount does not constitute a taxable benefit, it should not be included on the RL-1 slip.

If you awarded a scholarship, bursary or fellowship to a member of an employee’s family, the amount is considered a taxable benefit for the family member. The fair market value of this benefit must be entered in box O of the family member’s RL-1 slip. For more information, refer to section 8.12 of the document Taxable Benefits (IN-253-V).

Also enter in box O prizes recognized by the general public awarded for meritorious achievement in the arts, the sciences or service to the public, and amounts granted by the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur, under the Fellowship for Excellence, to a foreign national carrying out post-doctoral research in Québec.

Do not enter the following amounts on the RL-1 slip:• an amount received from the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur under the Allowance for

Special Needs Program for students with a major functional deficiency;• financial assistance paid under the rules set out by the Ministère des Transports, de la Mobilité durable et

de l’Électrification des transports in applying the Education Act for Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native Persons, to offset the transportation costs of students from northern villages who must live away from home because they are enrolled in a program of study that is not offered in their home community.

312(g), 725(c.0.1), 725(c.1); 488R1(h), 1086R1(a); IMP. 312-2

4.17.7 Research grants (RC)Enter in box O the amount of the research grants paid to the individual.312(h); 1086R1(b); IMP. 312-1/R1, IMP. 312-2

4.17.8 Fees for services rendered (RD)Fees and other amounts paid to a self-employed person must be reported in box O if Québec income tax was withheld on these amounts. GST and QST are not included in such fees or other payments.87, 1015(g); 1086R1

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4.17.9 Labour adjustment benefits (RG)Enter in box O the amount of the benefits you paid under the Labour Adjustment Benefits Act (federal statute).311(e); 311R1(a), 1086R1(e)

4.17.10 Labour adjustment benefits for older workers and income assistance payments (RH)Enter in box O the amount of the benefits paid to older workers under the Program for Older Worker Adjustment and the income assistance payments made to such workers under the Department of Labour Act (federal statute).311(e), 311(e.1); 311R1(b), 1086R1(e)

4.17.11 Benefits paid under a program administered under the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Act (federal statute) (RI)

Enter in box O the benefits paid under a program administered pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 5 of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Act (federal statute).311(e); 311R1(c), 1086R1(e)

4.17.12 Retiring allowance (RJ)A retiring allowance (also called “severance pay”) that is paid to an individual at the time of or after the individual’s retirement, in recognition of long service, is taxable. An amount paid to compensate the loss of employment is also taxable.

A retiring allowance may include an amount paid as an indemnity in lieu of notice. It may also include unused sick-leave credits refunded to the employee upon retirement or termination of employment.

A retiring allowance may also include an amount paid as damages for the loss of employment or an amount paid pursuant to an order or a judgment of a competent tribunal, if a causal relationship exists between the loss of employment and the amount paid. For example, an amount paid for breach of an employment contract constitutes a retiring allowance, as long as the amount is not included in income under another provision of the Taxation Act.

Any amount related to vacation days accumulated to the date of retirement is considered to be salary or wages and must be entered in box A.

Indemnity in lieu of noticeAn indemnity paid by an employer where the employer terminates an employee’s employment contract without first giving the written notice required by law, or where the employer fails to provide written notice within the prescribed period of notice.

1, 311(a), 1015(c); 1086R1; IMP. 311-1/R3

4.17.13 Death benefit (RK)The gross amount of a death benefit paid to a beneficiary in recognition of services rendered by a deceased employee is taxable. This amount may include unused sick-leave credits accumulated to the date of death. The beneficiary or beneficiaries of a death benefit will generally be entitled to a maximum exemption of $10,000 when filing their income tax return.

Any amount related to vacation days accumulated to the date of death is considered to be salary or wages and must be entered in box A.3, 1015(d); 1086R1; IMP. 3-1/R1

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4.17.14 Patronage dividends (RL)The total amount of patronage dividends paid during the year must be entered in box O if that amount is more than $100.

The total amount of patronage dividends paid to a member of a qualified cooperative in the form of preferred shares must be entered in box O of the member’s RL-1 slip. You must also enter “O-2” in a blank box, followed by the amount of the deduction for patronage dividends.

If the patronage dividends are paid to a partnership, the qualified cooperative must issue an RL-1 slip in the name of the partnership rather than in the name of each member of the partnership. No SIN should be entered on the slip. The partnership must file an RL-15 slip for each of its members so that they may claim the deduction for patronage dividends. For more information, refer to the Guide to Filing the RL-15 Slip: Amounts Allocated to the Members of a Partnership (RL-15.G-V).

A patronage dividend in respect of property or services is not taxable if the taxpayer is unable to deduct the cost of the property or services in the calculation of business or property income.

Redemption of preferred sharesWhere a cooperative redeems a preferred share that was previously issued as a qualified patronage dividend, enter “O-3” in a blank box of the member’s RL-1 slip, followed by the preferred share’s redemption amount.

Qualified cooperativeA cooperative that has received a certificate from the Ministère des Finances confirming that it meets all of the conditions to be recognized as a qualified cooperative.

726.29, 795, 796; 1086R76

4.17.15 Commissions paid to a self-employed person (RM)Commissions paid to a self-employed person are taxable and must be reported in box O, even if no Québec income tax was withheld from these amounts. GST and QST are not included in commissions.87, 1015(g); 1086R1

4.17.16 Benefits paid under a wage loss replacement plan (RN)If you are an insurer, enter in box O the amount of the wage loss replacement benefits that you paid during the year, provided the following conditions are met:• You paid the benefits under a wage loss replacement plan (health insurance, accident insurance, disability insurance

or income insurance) further to the full or partial loss of the beneficiary’s employment income.• The beneficiary’s employer contributed to the insurance plan.

Do not deduct from the amount to be included in box O the contributions paid by the employer and the employee.

The contribution that the employer paid under a wage loss replacement plan (that is, the employer’s share of the contributions) does not constitute a taxable benefit for the employee. Consequently, it should not be entered on the RL-1 slip.

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IMPORTANTIf you are not an insurer and you paid amounts to one of your employees because of the full or partial loss of the employee’s employment income, these amounts are generally considered employment income. However, such amounts are considered wage loss replacement benefits if the plan is based on insurance principles, that is, if the funds are accumulated, usually in the hands of a trustee or in a trust account, and they are sufficient to guarantee the payment of potential claims. For more information, go to www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca and consult the current version of interpretation bulletin IMP. 43-1, or contact us.

As a rule, amounts paid by a third party under an administrative services only (ASO) contract that is not based on insurance principles are deemed to be employment income.38, 43; 1086R1(f); IMP. 43-1/R2

Repayment of wage loss replacement benefitsIf, pursuant to an arrangement, an employee or a former employee repaid wage loss replacement benefits to you in the year, follow the instructions below.• If the benefits were paid to the employee or former employee in the year, enter the result of the following calculation

in box O: the amount of benefits paid during the year minus the gross amount repaid.• If the benefits were paid to the employee or former employee in a previous year, enter “O-4” in a blank box, followed

by the amount of the repayment of wage loss replacement benefits. The employee may then claim a deduction in his or her income tax return. The amount must pertain to wage loss replacement benefits paid in a previous year only.

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Retroactive payIf, during the year, you make a retroactive payment to an employee and a portion of the payment applies to previous years, you must issue the employee a statement indicating the total amount that applies to previous years, the years concerned and the amount that applies to each year. The employee can use the statement to request an income tax adjustment when filing his or her income tax return.

Top-up disability paymentsEnter in box O (code RN) any top-up disability payments that you made to an employee, if you contributed to a group insurance plan.

If you made top-up disability payments to an employee during the year and the employee repays you those amounts in the same year, enter in box O the net amount of the payments (that is, minus the repayment). If you made the top-up disability payments in a previous year, you must provide the employee with a written statement indicating the amount the employee repaid in the year, so that the employee may claim a deduction in his or her income tax return.

Top-up disability paymentsAn amount that is paid by an employer to an employee (or former employee) in the following circumstances:• The amount replaces all or part of the periodic payments that the employee (or former employee) would have

received under a group insurance plan covering full or partial loss of employment income had the insurer not become insolvent.

• The amount is paid under an arrangement whereby the employee (or former employee) is required to repay the employer in the event that one or more of the periodic payments replaced by the employer are subsequently recovered from the insolvent insurer or another insurer.

43, 43.0.1, 43.0.2, 78.1.1

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4.17.17 Benefits received by a shareholder (RO)The value of benefits received by a shareholder is taxable and must be reported in box O of the RL-1 slip of the shareholder to whom they are paid. Such benefits include:• a benefit received as a standby charge for an automobile made available to the shareholder (or to a person related

to the shareholder) by a corporation, provided the shareholder is not an employee of the corporation;• an operating-costs benefit for such an automobile; and• a benefit related to a low-interest loan granted to the shareholder.

Where a low-interest loan is granted to a person related to the shareholder, the value of the benefit must be entered in box O of the related person’s RL-1 slip.

For information on how to calculate the value of these benefits, refer to the document Taxable Benefits (IN-253-V).111, 111.1, 117, 119.1, 487.3; 1086R1

4.17.18 Benefits received by a partner (RP)The benefit received by a partner or by an employee of a partner as a standby charge for an automobile made available by a partnership to the partner, an employee of the partner, or a person related to either the partner or the employee is taxable. You must enter the value of the benefit in box O of the partner’s or employee’s RL-1 slip, as applicable.

For information on how to calculate the value of this benefit, refer to the document Taxable Benefits (IN-253-V).87(x); 1086R1

4.17.19 Retirement compensation arrangement (RQ)If you are the custodian of a retirement compensation arrangement, enter in box O the amounts that you paid or allocated under the arrangement.

Retirement compensation arrangementA plan or arrangement under which an employer or former employer, or a person with whom the employer or former employer does not deal at arm’s length makes contributions to a custodian, so that benefits will be paid to an employee or any other person:• when the employee retires;• when the employee ceases to be employed by the employer; or• when there is a substantial change in the services provided by the employee.

NOTEA custodian may be a person or a partnership.

313.5, 890.1–890.11, 1015(q); 1086R1

4.17.20 Services rendered in Québec by a person not resident in Canada (RR)Enter in box O any payments (fees, commissions and other amounts) you made for services performed in Québec by a person (including a corporation) not resident in Canada, otherwise than in the course of regular and continuous employment.

NOTE• For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, the term “employment” does not include an office.• Directors’ fees paid to a non-resident director must be included in box A of the RL-1 slip, not in box O.

1015; 1015R18, 1086R1

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4.17.21 Financial assistance (RS)Enter in box O any financial assistance paid by the Ministère du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale.311(e.2), 311(e.3), 311(e.4), 311(e.5), 1015(e.1); 1086R1(c)

4.17.22 Other indemnities paid by the employer further to an industrial accident (RT)Enter in box O the net salary or wages you paid to an employee for each day or part of a day during which the employee was obliged to miss work in order to receive care, undergo medical tests or carry out activities as part of a personalized rehabilitation program, if you do not apply to the CNESST for the reimbursement to which you are entitled. The employee may claim a deduction equal to the net salary or wages in his or her income tax return.

In this section, the term “net salary or wages” has the same meaning as the term “net salary or wages” in the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases.311(k.0.1), 725(a.1); 1086R32; IMP. 32-2/R4

4.17.23 Educational assistance payments from an RESP (RU)Enter in box O the educational assistance payments made to a beneficiary of an RESP.311(i), 890.15, 904, 1015(r); 1086R1, 1086R57

4.17.24 Accumulated income payments from an RESP (RV)Enter in box O the accumulated income payment from an RESP.311(i), 890.15, 904.1; 1015R1(r), 1086R1, 1086R57

4.17.25 Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (RX)The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant paid by Employment and Social Development Canada must be entered in box O. The grant is paid to apprentices who have successfully completed their first or second year (level) of an apprenticeship program in one of the designated Red Seal trades.

The Apprenticeship Completion Grant must also be included in box O. This grant is paid to apprentices who have completed their apprenticeship program in one of the designated Red Seal trades.312(i)

4.17.26 Income from more than one source (RZ)If more than one code applies to the amount in box O, enter the letters “RZ” in the box marked “Code (case O)” and, in the blank boxes, enter the code and the amount corresponding to each type of income covered in box O. See the example in section 4.26.

4.18 Box P – Multi-employer insurance plans

Enter in boxes A and P the portion of the contribution paid to a multi-employer insurance plan (and the related tax) that meets the following conditions:• It was paid to the administrator of the plan for a personal insurance plan (other than insurance for total or partial

loss of employment income).• It pertained to the work carried out by the employee during the year.

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Even if the multi-employer insurance plan is a personal insurance plan, do not enter an amount in box J or box L of the RL-1 slip, since the administrator of the multi-employer insurance plan is responsible for filing an RL-22 slip in order to report the value of the benefit received by the employee for plans covered in boxes J and L.

If you are the administrator of such an insurance plan, refer to the Guide to Filing the RL-22 Slip: Employment Income Related to Multi-Employer Insurance Plans (RL-22.G-V).

Benefit related to previous employmentIf the employment income entered in box A of the RL-1 slip consists only of a benefit (in cash or in kind) that the individual receives or benefits from during the year because of previous employment, enter “211” in a blank box of the RL-1 slip, followed by the amount in box A. This amount is equal to the total of the amounts entered in boxes J, K, L, P, V and W.43.1–43.3, 78.6, 358.0.3, 752.0.10.0.2, 1029.8.116.2.1, 1029.8.117; 1086R1(i)

4.19 Box Q – Deferred salary or wages

Enter in box Q the total of the amounts you paid to a custodian or a trustee of an employee benefit plan, a profit-sharing plan or an employee trust. Such amounts are, at the time they are paid, subject to employee and employer QPP contributions, the employer contributions to the health services fund and to the WSDRF, and the contribution related to labour standards. When the custodian or trustee allocates or pays amounts to beneficiaries, these amounts are not subject to the above-mentioned contributions nor are they subject to QPIP premiums.

NOTE• These payments do not constitute a taxable benefit for the employee and, consequently, should not be entered in boxes A and L

of the employee’s RL-1 slip.• Deferred salary or wages in the context of a self-funded leave of absence or a salary deferral arrangement should not be

entered in box Q.

38; AQPP 45(b); ARAMQ 34; AWSDR 3, 4 and Schedule

4.20 Box R – Income situated on a reserve or premises

4.20.1 Salary or wages derived from employment duties performed partly or entirely on a reserve or premises

Enter in box R the employment income (or portion thereof) that you paid to an Indian and that gives entitlement to the deduction for employment income situated on a reserve or premises. Include allowances and benefits that you must enter in boxes J, K, L, P, V and W, commissions to be included in box M, and tips to be included in box S or box T.

IMPORTANTEmployment income entered in box R must not be entered in box A on the RL-1 slip. You must enter “R-1” in a blank box, followed by the amount of the employment income that you have included in box R.

For more information, see section 5.4.1.

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4.20.2 Other income relating to employment duties performed partly or entirely on a reserve or premises

Certain amounts included in box O (such as retiring allowances and benefits paid under a wage loss replacement plan) and received by an Indian give entitlement to a deduction only if they are attributable to employment income that qualifies for the deduction for employment income situated on a reserve or premises. In this case, enter in box R the total amount already included in box O that qualifies for a deduction.

If only a portion of the employment income gives entitlement to the deduction for employment income situated on a reserve or premises, enter in box R the equivalent portion of the amounts included in box O that qualifies for the deduction.

For more information, see section 5.4.2.

4.21 Box S – Tips

Enter in boxes A and S (or R and S, as applicable) the following tips that you added to the employee’s basic salary or wages:• tips (regardless of whether they were made on tippable sales) that are reported to you by the employee in his or

her Register and Statement of Tips (TP-1019.4-V) or an equivalent document;• tips that were distributed to the employee and do not have to be reported on the employee’s statement of tips,

because they were added to the customer’s bill.

For more information, refer to the document Tax Measures Respecting Tips (IN-250-V).42.6–42.9, 1019.3–1019.7

4.22 Box T – Tips allocated by the employer

Enter in boxes A and T (or R and T, as applicable) the tips that you allocated to the employee and added to his or her basic salary or wages.

The tips allocated are those you were required to allocate to the employee for a pay period because the amount of tips the employee reported was less than 8% of his or her tippable sales, not including GST or QST. This percentage may be lower than 8% where we have granted a request for a rate reduction.

For more information, refer to the document Tax Measures Respecting Tips (IN-250-V).42.10–42.15, 1019.3, 1019.6, 1019.7

4.23 Box U – Phased retirement

Enter in box U the deemed salary or wages paid under a phased retirement arrangement that has been approved by Retraite Québec.

Deemed salary or wages are subject to employee and employer contributions to the QPP. The amount must be entered in box U so that additional QPP contributions can be calculated.AQPP 37.2, 37.3, 50, 195.1

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4.24 Box V – Meals and lodging

Enter in boxes A and V the allowances you paid to an employee for meals and lodging and the value of any meals and lodging you provided to the employee.

For more information on how to calculate these benefits, refer to the document Taxable Benefits (IN-253-V).

Benefit related to previous employmentIf the employment income entered in box A of the RL-1 slip consists only of a benefit (in cash or in kind) that the individual receives or benefits from during the year because of previous employment, enter “211” in a blank box of the RL-1 slip, followed by the amount in box A. This amount is equal to the total of the amounts entered in boxes J, K, L, P, V and W.37, 358.0.3, 752.0.10.0.2, 1029.8.116.2.1, 1029.8.117

4.25 Box W – Motor vehicle

Enter the following amounts in boxes A and W:• the value of the standby charge for an automobile made available to an employee or a person related to the

employee;• the value of the operating-costs benefit for an automobile made available to an employee or a person related to

the employee;• the value of the benefit corresponding to the personal use of an automobile, other than an automobile made

available to an employee (travel between the employee’s domicile and place of work is considered travel for personal purposes);

• the value of the benefit corresponding to the personal use of a motor vehicle, other than an automobile.

Do not enter in boxes A and W the benefit granted to a shareholder who is not an employee; enter the value of such a benefit in box O only.

For information on how to calculate these benefits, refer to the document Taxable Benefits (IN-253-V).

Benefit related to previous employmentIf the employment income entered in box A of the RL-1 slip consists only of a benefit (in cash or in kind) that the individual receives or benefits from during the year because of previous employment, enter “211” in a blank box of the RL-1 slip, followed by the amount in box A. This amount is equal to the total of the amounts entered in boxes J, K, L, P, V and W.37, 38, 40.1–41.4, 111, 117, 350.3, 752.0.10.0.2, 1029.8.116.2.1, 1029.8.117; IMP. 37-6/R1; IMP. 37-7/R3; IMP. 41-1/R8; IMP. 41.1.1-1/R2

4.26 Box marked “Code (case O)”

Enter in the box marked “Code (case O)” the alphabetic code corresponding to the type of income reported in box O. The codes are shown in parentheses after each type of income in the section of the guide pertaining to box O (see section 4.17).

If more than one code applies to the amount in box O, enter the letters “RZ” in the box marked “Code (case O)” and, in the blank boxes, enter the code and the amount corresponding to each type of income included in the amount of box O.

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ExampleYou paid a retiring allowance (RJ) of $10,000 and a research grant (RC) of $5,000 to an individual. You must enter:• $15,000 in box O;• “RZ” in the box marked “Code (case O)”; and• “RZ-RJ” in a blank box, followed by the amount of $10,000, and “RZ-RC” in another blank box, followed by

the amount of $5,000 (see below):

RZ-RJ 10,000.00 RZ-RC 5,000.00

4.27 Additional information

When additional information is to be provided, you must enter a code in one of the blank boxes of the RL-1 slip, followed by the amount or the corresponding information. If the number of blank boxes provided is insufficient, complete another RL-1 slip.

Example

A-1 1,400.68

The following table lists the codes that may be entered in the blank boxes, their description and the box of the RL-1 slip to which the additional information is related. The numbers in parentheses after each description refer to the corresponding section of the guide.

TABLE 2 Additional information

Code Description Box of the RL-1 slipA-1 Employee benefit plan (4.3.4) A

A-2 Employee trust (4.3.5) A

A-3 Repayment of salary or wages (4.3.7) A

A-4 Chainsaw expenses (5.5) A

A-5 Brushcutter expenses (5.5) A

A-6 Remuneration received by a Québec sailor (5.6) A

A-7 Canadian Forces personnel deduction (5.7) A

A-8 Deduction for police officers (5.7) A

A-9 Deduction for foreign specialists (5.8) A

A-10 Deduction for foreign researchers (5.8) A

A-11 Deduction for foreign researchers on a post-doctoral internship (5.8) A

A-12 Deduction for foreign experts (5.8) A

A-13 Deduction for foreign professors (5.8) A

A-14 Exemption rate (5.8) A

B-1 CPP contribution (4.4) B

D-1 Retirement compensation arrangement (4.6.2) D

D-2 Contribution for service before 1990 – Contributor (4.6) D

D-3 Contribution for service before 1990 – Non-contributor (4.6) D

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Code Description Box of the RL-1 slipG-1 Taxable benefit in kind (4.9) G

G-2 Pensionable earnings under the CPP (4.9.5) G

K-1 Trips for medical services (4.13) K

L-2 Volunteer – compensation not included in boxes A and L (4.14.10) L

L-3 Tax-exempt allowance for expenses incurred in the course of duties1 L

L-4 Benefit resulting from a debt contracted for the acquisition of investments1 L

L-5 Deduction for a home relocation loan1 L

L-7 Benefit related to a security option at the time of death1 L

L-8 Election respecting security options1 L

L-9 Security option deduction under section 725.2 of the Taxation Act 1 L

L-10 Security option deduction under section 725.3 of the Taxation Act 1 L

O-2 Deduction for patronage dividends (4.17.14) O

O-3 Redemption of preferred shares (4.17.14) O

O-4 Repayment of wage loss replacement benefits (4.17.16) O

RZ-XX Amount corresponding to one of the sources included in box O Code (case O)

R-1 Employment income (4.20) R

V-1 Tax-exempt benefit for board and lodging1 V

200 Currency used (4) N/A

201 Allowance for childcare expenses N/A

211 Benefit related to previous employment (4.3.10) A

235 Premium paid to a private health services plan (4.12) N/A

1. See the document Taxable Benefits (IN-253-V).

4.28 Identification

4.28.1 Identification of the individualIn the space marked “Nom de famille, prénom et adresse du particulier,” enter the individual’s last name, followed by the first name and last known address (including the postal code). Make sure that the last name is identical to the last name shown on the individual’s social insurance card or in the individual’s confirmation of SIN letter.

Enter the individual’s SIN. This number must be identical to the number shown on the individual’s social insurance card or in the individual’s confirmation of SIN letter. Any error in the number or any missing number could prevent the individual’s contributions from being recorded in the Record of Contributors kept by Retraite Québec.

Social insurance card or confirmation of SIN letterUnder the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan, you must ask your employees who work in Québec to show you their social insurance card or confirmation of SIN letter within 30 days after they take up employment. If an employee is under 18, you must request the social insurance card or confirmation of SIN letter during the month following the month of his or her 18th birthday.

You are also obliged to provide a new employee who does not yet have a SIN with information on how he or she can obtain one. This information is available from Service Canada.AQPP 197; AQPP (r. 1) 8

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Social insurance number (SIN)Individuals are required, under the Tax Administration Act, to provide their SIN to the person filing an RL slip on their behalf. Failure to indicate the individual’s SIN may result in penalties for both the individual and the person completing the slip. The latter must make a reasonable effort to obtain the number from the individual (for example, request it verbally or in writing). A record must be kept of the dates on which these requests are made, as must be a copy of correspondence sent to the individual.

If you were unable, despite all reasonable efforts, to obtain the individual’s SIN, you must provide us with the individual’s last name, first name and address. You are liable to a penalty of $100 if you fail to provide information required on a prescribed form.TAA 58.1, 58.1.1, 58.2, 59.0.2, 59.0.3

4.28.2 Identification of the employer or payerEnter on each RL-1 slip, in the space marked “Nom et adresse de l’employeur ou du payeur,” your name and address, exactly as they appear on the remittance forms (TPZ-1015.R.14.1-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.2-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.3-V or TPZ-1015.R.14.4-V, according to your remittance frequency) that you use to remit source deductions and employer contributions.

4.28.3 Reference number (optional)In the space marked “Numéro de référence (facultatif),” you may include a reference number as an additional means of identifying the employee.

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5 SPECIAL CASES

5.1 Indemnity paid further to a precautionary cessation of work

You must include, in box A of an employee’s RL-1 slip, the basic remuneration that you paid to the employee under the Act respecting occupational health and safety for the first five days after the employee ceased to work. This indemnity is not reimbursed by the CNESST.

5.2 Indemnities further to an industrial accident – CNESST

In this section, the term “net salary or wages” has the same meaning as the term “net salary or wages” in the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases.

TABLE 3 Treatment of amounts paid following an industrial accident

Before the CNESST’s decision How to treat the amounts paid Relevé visé Additional

information

Day of the accident (100% of net salary or wages) Employment income RL-1 slip Box A

N/A

First 14 days following the day of the accident

• 90% of net salary or wages Income replacement indemnity

RL-5 slip Box C

N/A

• Excess amount1 Employment income RL-1 slip Box A

N/A

Beginning on the 15th day following the day of the accident to the day of the CNESST’s decision

• Advance of indemnities or loan (including interest accumulated)

No adjustment N/A N/A

• Salary or wages (including sick leave accumulated but not used)

Employment income RL-1 slip Box A

N/A

• Wage loss replacement benefits

– paid by the employer Employment income2 RL-1 slip Box A

N/A

– paid by an insurer or a trustee Wage loss replacement benefits3

RL-1 slip Box O (code RN)

N/A

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After the CNESST’s decisionHow to treat the amounts paid

RL slip concernedAdditional

information

You paid a top-up amount.4 Employment income RL-1 slip Box A N/A

You received a reimbursement or repayment.

• Advance of indemnities or loan No adjustment N/A N/A

• Salary or wages, or wage loss replacement benefits

Repayment of salary or wages, or of wage loss replacement benefits, for amounts paid in the current year

RL-1 slip5 Box A or O

N/A

Repayment of salary or wages, or of wage loss replacement benefits, for amounts paid in a previous year

RL-1 slip A-3 or O-4 6

• Excess amount Repayment of salary or wages for amounts paid in the current year

RL-1 slip7 Box A

N/A

Repayment of salary or wages for amounts paid in a previous year

RL-1 slip A-3 8

You were not reimbursed or repaid.

• Advance of indemnities or loan

– not repaid in full by the employee Taxable benefit equal to the amount not repaid

RL-1 slip Box A and L

N/A

– repayment by the employee using sick leave9


N/A

• Salary or wages, or wage loss replacement benefits

No adjustment N/A N/A

Amounts paid for the employee’s care or rehabilitation

• 100% of net salary or wages

– reimbursed by the CNESST Income replacement indemnity

RL-5 slip Box C

N/A

– not reimbursed by the CNESST (reimbursement not requested)

Other indemnities that you paid further to an industrial accident

RL-1 slip Box O

(code RT)

N/A

• Excess amount Employment income RL-1 slip Box A

N/A

Amount paid for an employee to undergo a medical test at your request (100% of net salary or wages)


N/A

1. The excess amount is an amount that you pay to an employee that is greater than the income replacement indemnity provided for under the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases.

2. If you are not an insurer and you pay amounts directly to the employee to compensate for the loss of all or part of his or her employment income, the amounts may be considered wage loss replacement benefits. For more information, see section 4.17.16.

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3. Wage loss replacement benefits paid by an insurer under a wage loss replacement plan to which the employer contributed.

4. A top-up amount is an amount that you paid to an employee in addition to the indemnity that the CNESST paid the employee, after a favourable decision by the CNESST.

5. The reimbursement that you received from the CNESST or the repayment that you received from an employee for salary or wages paid to the employee in the year must be subtracted from the amount in box A for a repayment of salary or wages or from the amount in box O for a repayment of a wage loss benefit.

6. The reimbursement that you received from the CNESST or the repayment that you received from an employee which relates to an amount paid to the employee in a previous year must be entered in a blank box. Enter either “A-3,” followed by the amount of the repayment of salary or wages, or “O-4”, followed by the amount of the repayment of wage loss replacement benefits. The employee may then claim a deduction for the repayment of salary or wages or the repayment of wage loss replacement benefits in his or her income tax return.

7. See note 5.

8. See note 6.

9. If you allowed the employee to use sick leave to repay an advance of indemnities or a loan, the remuneration that corresponds to the gross salary or wages the employee would have received for the sick leave at the time you allowed the employee to use sick leave to repay you constitutes employment income.

78.1, 311(k.0.1), 336(d.3.1), 725(a.1) IMP. 32-2/R4

5.3 Amounts paid after the death of an employee

Enter in box A of a deceased employee’s RL-1 slip all amounts to which the employee was entitled and which he or she would have received during the year (for example, the amount of vacation pay accumulated at the time of death or retroactive salary or wages paid under a collective agreement signed before the employee’s death).

However, if, at the time of the employee’s death, the payment of a given amount was unforeseeable (for example, a lump sum paid under a collective agreement signed after the employee’s death), do not report the amount on the deceased employee’s RL-1 slip or on the beneficiary’s slip, as the amount is not taxable.

Do not include in box A the death benefit paid in recognition of services rendered by the employee (see section 4.17.13).428; RRQ. 45-3

5.4 Indians

5.4.1 Salary or wages derived from employment duties performed partly or entirely on a reserve or premises

If an Indian performs employment duties partly or entirely on a reserve or premises, you must enter in box R of his or her RL-1 slip the employment income (or portion thereof) that gives entitlement to the deduction for employment income situated on a reserve or premises.

For all of the employment income earned by an Indian to give entitlement to the deduction, certain conditions must be met (see the following table). If these conditions are not met, only the portion of the income attributable to the employment duties performed on the reserve or premises gives entitlement to the deduction for employment income situated on a reserve or premises. This portion is to be entered in box R.

IMPORTANTThe employment income that you enter in box R must not be included in box A of the RL-1 slip. Moreover, you must enter “R-1” in a blank box, followed by the amount of employment income included in box R.

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Description of employmentConditions for all the employment income

to give entitlement to a deduction

The employment duties are part of the employer’s non-commercial activities which are intended for the greater welfare of Indians who live on the reserve.

The following two conditions must be met:• The employer manages and administers the business on a reserve or premises.• The employer is an Indian band that has a reserve, a band council that represents

one or more Indian bands that have reserves, or an Indian organization that falls within the jurisdiction of one or more similar bands or band councils, and the employer is exclusively devoted to the social, cultural, educational or economic development of Indians who, for the most part, live on reserves.

At least 90% of the employment duties are performed on a reserve or premises.

None

More than 50% (but less than 90%) of the employment duties are performed on a reserve or premises.

At least one of the following conditions must be met:• The Indian lives on a reserve.• The employer manages and administers the business on a reserve or premises.

More than 50% of the employment duties are performed off a reserve or premises.

The following two conditions must be met:• The Indian lives on a reserve.• The employer manages and administers the business on a reserve or premises.

ExampleAn employer that manages and administers a business on a reserve pays an Indian employee a gross annual salary of $26,000 during the year. 40% of the employee’s duties are performed on the reserve and 60% are performed off the reserve. The employee does not live on a reserve.

In this case, the conditions necessary for all of the employment income to give entitlement to the deduction have not been met. Where more than 50% of the employment duties are performed off a reserve or premises, the full amount of employment income can be deducted in the calculation of taxable income only if the Indian lives on a reserve. Thus, only the portion of the income attributable to the duties performed on the reserve (40% of $26,000, that is, $10,400) is considered income situated on a reserve or premises and gives entitlement to the deduction.

Consequently, the employer must enter $10,400 in box R. The employer must also enter ”R-1” in a blank box, followed by this amount. The other portion of the employment income ($15,600) must be entered in box A.

Where the employee lives on a reserve, all of the employment income gives entitlement to a deduction. The employer must therefore enter $26,000 in box R and “R-1” in a blank box, followed by this amount.

5.4.2 Other income relating to employment duties performed partly or entirely on a reserve or premises

As a rule, certain amounts you enter in box O must also be entered in box R if they were paid to an Indian and are attributable to employment income giving entitlement to the deduction for employment income situated on a reserve or premises. Such amounts include:• a retiring allowance;• benefits paid under a wage loss replacement plan to which the beneficiary’s employer contributed.

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Where, as in the previous example, only a portion of the employment income gives entitlement to the deduction for employment income situated on a reserve or premises, an equivalent portion of the amounts referred to in the preceding paragraph also gives entitlement to the deduction in the calculation of the taxable income of the Indian. Enter in box R the portion of the amount that gives entitlement to a deduction and, in box O, the total amount paid to the Indian.

5.5 Employees using a chainsaw or a brushcutter

If an employee must provide a chainsaw or a brushcutter for work, enter in box A (and, where applicable, in other boxes on the RL-1 slip, according to the instructions given in Part 4) the total amount of remuneration paid to the employee, including the allowances related to the work.

If, during the year, you sold products (for example, gas or oil) or services (for example, repairs) to the employee, or paid other expenses related to the use, maintenance and repair of the chainsaw or brushcutter, enter “A-4” for chainsaw expenses or “A-5” for brushcutter expenses in a blank box, followed by the amount of these expenses.64.3, 78; IMP. 78-2

5.6 Québec sailors engaged in international freight transportation

If you are an eligible shipowner and, during the year, you employed a sailor who was resident in Québec, and for whom you obtained a certificate from the Ministère des Transports, de la Mobilité durable et de l’Électrification des transports, the sailor may be entitled to a deduction in the calculation of taxable income.

You must complete an RL-1 slip in the usual way. You must enter “A-6” in one of the blank boxes on the slip, followed by the amount of remuneration that gives entitlement to the deduction (that is, 75% of the gross remuneration you paid).

You must also provide the employee with a copy of the certificate you received from the Ministère des Transports, de la Mobilité durable et de l’Électrification des transports. The employee needs the certificate to claim a deduction in his or her income tax return.

For more information, see section 12.7 of the Guide for Employers (TP-1015.G-V).737.27, 737.28, 737.28.1, 1015.0.1, 1159.1 (“wages”); 1086R1; AQPP 45; ARAMQ 33 (“wages”); ALS 39.0.1 (“remuneration”); AWSDR 4 and Schedule

5.7 Canadian Forces personnel and police officers

Canadian Forces personnel or police officers who are assigned to a recognized special mission may claim a deduction, in the calculation of their taxable income, with regard to their employment income from the mission.

The deduction is limited to the maximum rate of pay earned during the mission by a non-commissioned member of the Canadian Forces.

For such an employee, enter “A-7” in a blank box for the deduction for Canadian Forces personnel or “A-8” for the deduction for police officers, followed by the amount of the deduction in question.

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5.8 Foreign employees who are entitled to a five-year tax exemption

As a rule, an individual who is not resident in Canada and who comes to Québec to work in certain specialized sectors of activity (hereinafter called an “employee”) is entitled to a full or partial tax exemption for a period of five years. The exemption covers the employee’s salary or wages or the employee’s income from all sources, as applicable, and consists of a deduction in the calculation of taxable income.

To be eligible for the deduction, the employee must meet several conditions. In particular, you must obtain a certificate or a qualification certificate for the employee from the Québec government. The certificate will be issued under certain conditions. For more information, see section 12.3 of the Guide for Employers (TP-1015.G-V).

You must complete an RL-1 slip for such an employee in the usual way. You must enter one of the codes below in a blank box of the RL-1 slip, followed by the amount of the deduction (that is, the portion of the remuneration that you subtracted from the employee’s gross remuneration in calculating the remuneration subject to source deductions of income tax).• Enter “A-9” if the employee was a specialist who worked in a BDC, in an IFC, for a corporation that operated a

stock exchange or a securities clearing-house, or for a financial services corporation.• Enter “A-10” if the employee was a researcher who worked for a business in Canada that carried out R&D

(or had R&D carried out on its behalf) in Québec.• Enter “A-11” if the employee was a researcher on a post-doctoral internship and worked for an eligible university

entity or for a public research centre.• Enter “A-12” if the employee was an expert who worked for a business in Canada that carried out R&D

(or had R&D carried out in its behalf) in Québec.• Enter “A-13” if the employee was a professor who worked at a Québec university.

In addition, enter “A-14” in another blank box, followed by the exemption rate (see the note below). When two different exemption rates apply in the same year, enter only one exemption rate on the slip. This rate must correspond to the result of the following calculation: the total deduction for the year divided by the gross salary or wages paid to your employee for the year, multiplied by 100.

NOTEThe exemption rate cannot be less than 25%.

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ExampleIn July, a foreign professor will start the last year of his five-year exemption period. A 50% exemption rate applies to the salary paid from January to June and a 25% exemption rate applies to the salary paid from July to December.

Gross salary related to the exemption period

January to June$40,000

July to December + $60,000

= $100,000

Deduction January to June ($40,000 × 50%) $20,000

July to December ($60,000 × 25%) + $15,000

= $35,000

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Enter “A-13” in a blank box of the RL-1 slip, followed by the amount of the deduction for the year, $35,000, and enter “A-14” in another blank box, followed by the 35% exemption rate for the year.

You must provide the employee with a copy of the certificate or qualification certificate issued in his or her regard by the Québec government.

If the employee is entitled to an exemption on income from all sources, you must also provide the employee with a letter containing the following information:• the period in the year during which he or she was your employee;• the period in the year included in his or her exemption period and the gross remuneration paid during the period;

and• any other information related to the deduction to which the employee is entitled.

The employee needs these documents in order to claim a deduction in his or her income tax return.

NOTECertain foreign employees are entitled to an exemption on income from all sources and not only on their salary or wages. They are:• foreign specialists working for a corporation (or partnership) that operates an IFC;• foreign specialists working for a corporation that operates a stock exchange or a securities clearing-house.

1015.0.1, 1159.1 (“wages”); 1086R1; AIFC 63, 65–70, 104, 108; AQPP 45; ARAMQ 33 (“wages”); ALS 39.0.1 (“remuneration”); AWSDR 4 and Schedule

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6 HOW TO COMPLETE THE RL-1 SUMMARYWhen completing the RL-1 summary, you can enter the requested information by hand (print) or key (type) it in. Where there is no amount to be reported, leave the box blank. When an amount does not take up the entire box, do not use other symbols, such as asterisks, to fill the box. Such symbols make it difficult to read the amounts.

Make sure you correctly enter the source deduction and employer contribution amounts in each of the boxes on the remittance slip of the RL-1 summary.

Enter all amounts in Canadian dollars.

NOTENo information concerning the amounts that you remit for the CNESST is to be added to the remittance slip of the RL-1 summary. Accordingly, no amounts for the CNESST are to be included with the slip.

To report and remit amounts for the CNESST, you must instead use the remittance slip attached to the Remittance of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions (form TPZ-1015.R.14.1-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.2-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.3-V or TPZ-1015.R.14.4-V, according to your remittance frequency) that we have sent you.

Number of RL-1, RL-2 and RL-25 slips filedIn the appropriate box of the RL-1 summary, enter the number of RL-1, RL-2 and RL-25 slips you are filing on paper with your RL-1 summary or online (including those you are filing using the Online Filing of RL-1 Slips and the Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions service).

Transmitter numberIf you are transmitting RL-slip data online (in an XML file), enter the transmitter number in the box provided. The transmitter number is made up of the letters NP followed by 6 digits.

Transmitter or preparerAny person or business that uses certified software to file RL-1 slips electronically or that files such slips manually with Revenu Québec, or that distributes the slips to the individuals for whom they were prepared.

6.1 Statement of duties (by month)

In the box in Part 1 of the RL-1 summary, enter the duties that you reported to us during the year that are not shown in this box (such as the duties for the month of December), even if they have not yet been paid.

If the pre-printed entries shown in the box do not reflect the duties actually remitted or assessed, please advise us of the corrections to be made and send supporting documents. The total of the amounts entered on lines 26 and 38 of the RL-1 summary must correspond to the total of the amounts entered in the box (including the amounts you added).

NOTEThe occupational health and safety insurance premiums that you paid to Revenu Québec during the year do not appear in the box in Part 1 of the RL-1 summary. They are shown in the part entitled Annexe – Versements périodiques of the notice of assessment that the CNESST sends you. For more information, contact the CNESST, toll-free, at 1 844 838-0808, or visit the section of the CNESST’s website for employers (available in French only) at www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca.

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6.2 QPP contributions, QPIP premiums and income tax (line 27)

Each duty that you should have reported and paid during the year that is included in the positive amount (balance due) entered on line 27 bears interest as of the date on which the payment was due.

However, if you have a balance due because you were obliged to rely on estimates in calculating your periodic remittances (for example, you used estimates in calculating the value of the taxable benefit related to the standby charge for an automobile made available to an employee), you must pay the balance when you make your last remittance of source deductions and employer contributions for the month of December. If you wait until you file the RL-1 summary, interest will be added to the amount payable and a penalty may be imposed.

On line 26 of the RL-1 summary, you must take into account the remittance you made for December using form TPZ-1015.R.14.1-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.2-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.3-V or TPZ-1015.R.14.4-V (according to your remittance frequency).

You are liable to a penalty if you do not remit, by the prescribed deadline, your total source deductions and employer QPP contributions and QPIP premiums using one of the above-mentioned forms. The penalty rate is based on the number of days of non-compliance. From the 1st to the 7th day, the rate is 7% of the amount owing; from the 8th to the 14th day, it is 11% of the amount owing; and, as of the 15th day, it is 15% of the amount owing.

The amount on line 27 of the RL-1 summary must be carried to line 91 of the remittance slip.TAA 28, 59, 59.2; TAA (r. 1) 28R1, 28R2, 28R3

6.3 Contribution to the health services fund (lines 28 to 39)

To calculate your contribution to the health services fund for the year, multiply the wages subject to the contribution (line 34) by the rate (line 36) determined on the basis of your total payroll.

6.3.1 Total payroll (line 28)Your total payroll is used only for the purposes of determining your contribution rate for the health services fund. It corresponds to the total salaries and wages paid during the year by you and by any employers associated with you on December 31 of that year, even if the associated employers carried on their activities outside Québec (see the note below). As such, your total payroll is equal to the sum of the following amounts:• the amount entered on line 30 of your RL-1 summary or the amount that would have been entered on line 30 had

you carried on all of your activities in Québec;• the total of the amounts that the employers associated with you on December 31 entered on line 30 (or would

have entered on line 30 had they carried on all of their activities in Québec);• the total salaries and wages paid to employees posted to another country, where the salaries or wages were

subtracted in the calculation of the amounts referred to in the two previous points.

You must enter the total payroll on line 28 of the RL-1 summary and on line 90 of the remittance slip. Make sure that the exempt salary and wages (line 32) are included in your total payroll.

NOTEThe status of associated employers must be determined on a worldwide basis, by taking into account all associated employers at the end of the calendar year, regardless of where they carried on their activities and of whether they are subject to the Taxation Act. Subject to certain adaptations, the rules set forth in the Taxation Act respecting associated corporations must be applied to determine whether two or more employers are considered associated employers on December 31 of the year.

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Employers that cease to carry on their businessIf you cease to carry on your business, you must calculate your total payroll taking into account only the salaries and wages that you paid to your employees in the year, that is, from January 1 to the date your business ceased to operate. Do not take into account the salaries and wages paid by employers with whom you were associated on that date.

If you were carrying on another business on December 31 of the year in question, you must recalculate the total payroll to include the total salaries and wages paid in the year by you and by any employers with whom you were associated on December 31 of that year. If the contribution rate you calculate differs from the one entered on the initial RL-1 summary you filed (form RLZ-1.ST-V or form RLZ-1.S-V), you must recalculate the contribution to the health services fund and file a second RL-1 summary (form RLZ-1.S-V) by the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips. On the second summary, complete only lines 28 through 39 and line 70; on the remittance slip, complete lines 90, 92 and 95.

To facilitate the processing of the second summary, please write “Modifié” at the top of page 1.ARAMQ 33 (“total payroll”), 33.0.2–33.0.4

6.3.2 NAICS code for small and medium-sized businesses in the primary and manufacturing sectors (line 29)

If your total payroll for the year is less than $5 million, and more than 50% of that payroll is attributable to activities in the primary and manufacturing sectors (the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector, the mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction sector, or the manufacturing sector), you may claim a reduction in the contribution to the health services fund. In such a case, you must enter the NAICS code for your sector of activity on line 29. Enter one of the following codes:• 11, for the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector;• 21, for the mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction sector;• 31, 32 or 33, for the manufacturing sector.

Descriptions of the codes are available on the website of Statistics Canada at www.statcan.gc.ca.

To determine your contribution rate for the health services fund, see section 6.3.5.

6.3.3 Salary and wages subject to the contribution (line 30)Enter on line 30 the result of the following calculation:• the total of the amounts in boxes A and Q of the RL-1 slips;plus• the salaries or wages paid in the previous year to employees posted to a country that has a social security

agreement with Québec, provided you did not pay the salaries and wages (see section 3.2.3);• the salaries or wages that you paid to employees who are Indians and that give entitlement to the deduction for

employment income situated on a reserve or premises (the amount entered after R-1). If you are an Indian employer, see section 12.6 of the Guide for Employers (TP-1015.G-V);

minus• the amounts that you paid under an employee benefit plan, if you are the custodian of such a plan (amount entered

after A-1);• the amounts that you allocated under an employee trust, if you are the trustee of such a trust (amount entered

after A-2);• the salaries or wages paid to employees posted to a country that has a social security agreement with Québec

providing for the reciprocal coverage of health insurance plans, under which the employees concerned are subject only to the legislation of the foreign country to which reciprocity applies;

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• the value of a benefit from an amount that you have paid to acquire, for the benefit of an employee, a share or fraction of a share issued by the Fonds de solidarité FTQ or by Fondaction;

• fees calculated on an hourly, half-day or full-day basis that are paid to a person who is appointed:– by the government as a member of a commission, including a public inquiry commission, an evaluation committee,

a committee or panel of experts or a working group created for a set period;– as a member of a candidate selection or review committee established for that purpose under a Québec statute;

• the salaries or wages earned outside Canada that are included in box A because a social security agreement does not provide coverage of health insurance plans (see section 3.2.3).

ARAMQ 33, 33.2, 34, 34.0.0.1–34.0.0.3, 34.0.2; RAMQ. 34-2/R2

6.3.4 Exempt salary and wages (line 32)If you were entitled to an exemption from the contribution to the health services fund for the year, for a corporation or a partnership that operates a business carrying out a large investment project in Québec, enter:• in box 31 the number 06;• on line 32 the total salaries and wages you paid in the year that are exempt from the contribution. The amount

corresponds to the portion of the amount entered on line 30 that relates to eligible activities and that is included in the exemption period.

NOTEThe exempt salaries and wages must be included in the total payroll used to calculate your health services fund contribution rate.

771.1, 771.12; ARAMQ 33 (“exempt employer,” “eligibility period,” “exemption period,” “qualified corporation”), 34, 34.0.0.0.3, 34.1.0.1

6.3.5 Contribution rate (line 36)The health services fund contribution rate to be entered on line 36 will vary according to your total payroll for the year (line 28). If you are entitled to a reduction in the contribution rate for small and medium-sized businesses in the primary and manufacturing sectors (where you entered a code on line 29), the contribution rate is as follows:• If your total payroll is $1 million or less, the contribution rate is 1.6%.• If your total payroll is more than $1 million but less than $5 million, use the following formula to calculate the rate (W): W (%) = 0.935 + (0.665 × S) where

S = your total payroll $1 million• If your total payroll is $5 million or more, the contribution rate is 4.26%.

If you are not entitled to the reduction, your contribution rate is as follows:• If your total payroll is $1 million or less, the contribution rate is 2.7%.• If your total payroll is more than $1 million but less than $5 million, use the following formula to calculate the rate (W): W (%) = 2.31 + (0.39 × S) where

S = your total payroll $1 million• If your total payroll is $5 million or more, the contribution rate is 4.26%.

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NOTEThe contribution rate must be rounded off to the second decimal place. If the number in the third decimal place is five or more, the number in the second decimal place must be rounded off to the next highest number.

The rate of contribution to the health services fund is based on the total wages paid in the year by you and by any employers associated with you on December 31 of that year, even if the associated employers carried on their activities outside Québec (see section 6.3.1).

ExampleTotal payroll (M) = $2,140,000Calculation of the contribution rate = 2.31 + (0.39 × S) 2.31 + [0.39 × (M ÷ 1,000,000)] 2.31 + [0.39 × (2,140,000 ÷ 1,000,000)] 2.31 + (0.39 × 2.14) 2.31 + 0.835 3.145

The contribution rate is 3.15%.1

1. In this example, the employer is not entitled to a reduction of the health services fund contribution rate.

Refunds of overpaymentsIf you are entitled to a reduction of the contribution rate for the health services fund for small and medium-sized businesses in the primary and manufacturing sectors, but you did not use the reduced rate to calculate the contribution to the health services fund that you paid, you can determine the actual amount of your contribution for the year when you file form RLZ-1.S-V (RL-1 summary) for the year.

If the total contribution to the health services fund that you paid during the year exceeds the actual amount of the contribution to be paid for the year, you may obtain a refund of the overpayment.ARAMQ 34

Contribution rate for public-sector employersThe rate of contribution to the health services fund for the following public-sector employers is 4.26%, regardless of total payroll:• the government of Canada or of a province;• a Canadian municipality;• a mandatary body of the State, of the Government of Canada, of a province, or of a Canadian municipality;• a municipal or public body (for example, a school board) that performs a function of government and that is exempt

from income tax at a given time in the calendar year;• a corporation, commission or association that is exempt from income tax at a given time in the calendar year

pursuant to section 985 of the Taxation Act (in particular, a corporation at least 90% owned by the State).ARAMQ 33 (“specified employer”), 34

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6.3.6 Reduction of the contribution to the health services fund for the creation of specialized jobs (line 37c)

If your total payroll for the year is less than $5 million and you paid an eligible employee eligible salaries or wages, you can, under certain conditions, claim a reduction in the contribution to the health services fund. For more information, refer to form LE-34.1.12-V, Reduction of the Contribution to the Health Services Fund: Creation of Specialized Jobs.

Successive employersIf an employer (the “new employer”) succeeds another employer further to the formation, liquidation or winding-up of a legal person or a partnership, the following rules apply:• An eligible employee of the employer that was succeeded by a new employer is considered to be an eligible

employee of the new employer if the employee holds a recognized full-time job.• The new employer’s reference year is deemed:

– to have ended immediately before the beginning of the year in which the new employer succeeded the other employer, if that other employer had a reference year; or

– to correspond to the first calendar year after 2012 in which the new employer carried on a business throughout the entire year (see the note below), if the employer succeeded by the new employer did not have a reference year.

• The total payroll for the new employer’s reference year is deemed to be equal to the total of the following amounts:– the total payroll for the reference year of the employer succeeded by the new employer, if that other employer

had a reference year;– the total payroll for the period of the year that ends before the moment that the new employer succeeds the

other employer, if that employer did not have a reference year.

NOTEThe new employer is deemed to have carried on a business throughout all the months during which the other employer carried on a business.

If, during the year, an employer transfers a business or a portion of a business to another employer for the purpose of increasing the amount of a refund of the contribution to the health services fund for the year, these employers are deemed to be associated at the end of their reference year.

6.3.7 Contribution to the health services fund (line 39)If the amount on line 39 of the RL-1 summary is positive (balance due), you must pay the amount by the deadline applicable to your situation.

The portion of the balance due that results from the difference between the estimated contribution rate used to make your periodic remittances (this rate is determined on the basis of the rules found in Part 8 of the 2016-01 version of the Guide for Employers [TP-1015.G-V]) and the actual contribution rate must be received by Revenu Québec or a financial institution no later than the filing deadline for the RL-1 summary. See section 3.4.

The remaining portion of the balance due is subject to interest charges from the due date of each remittance.

If the contribution rate you used to calculate your periodic remittances (the “rate used”) is lower than your estimated contribution rate, and also turns out to be lower than your actual contribution rate, the following rules apply:• If your actual contribution rate is lower than your estimated contribution rate, the portion of the balance resulting

from the difference between the actual contribution rate and the rate used is subject to interest charges from the due date of each remittance.

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Example

Actual contribution

rate

(A)

Estimated contribution

rate

(B)

Contribution rate used

(C)

Balance

(A-C) Payment due date

Total payroll $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000

Contribution rate × 2.9% × 3.1% × 2.7%

Contribution to the health services fund = $43,500 = $46,500 = $40,500 $3,000 Due date for each remittance

• If your actual contribution rate is higher than your estimated contribution rate, only the portion of the balance resulting from the difference between the actual rate and the estimated rate may be paid as late as the filing deadline for the RL-1 summary. The remaining portion of the balance due is subject to interest charges from the due date of each remittance.

Example

Actual contribution

rate

(A)

Estimated contribution

rate

(B)

Contribution rate used

(C)

Balance

(A – B) (B – C) Payment due date

Total payroll $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000

Contribution rate × 3.1% × 2.9% × 2.7%

Contribution to the health services fund = $62,000 = $58,000 = $54,000 $4,000

Filing deadline for the RL-1 summary

$4,000 Due date for each remittance

You are liable to a penalty if you do not remit the total amount on line 39 by the prescribed deadline. The penalty rate is based on the number of days of non-compliance. From the 1st to the 7th day, the rate is 7% of the amount owing; from the 8th to the 14th day, it is 11% of the amount owing; and, as of the 15th day, it is 15% of the amount owing.TAA 28, 59, 59.2; ARAMQ 34, 34.0.0.0.1, 34.0.0.0.2, 34.0.0.0.3

6.4 Contribution related to labour standards (lines 40 and 41)

To calculate your contribution related to labour standards (formerly the “contribution to the financing of the CNT”) for the year, use the version of form LE-39.0.2-V, Calculation of the Contribution Related to Labour Standards, for the year in question. The form is available on our website. You are not required to submit the form with the RL-1 summary. However, you must keep it in case we ask for it.

Enter on line 40 and line 41, respectively, the amount that you calculated on line 21 and line 22 of form LE-39.0.2-V.ALS 1, 3, 39.0.1 (“remuneration,” “remuneration subject to contribution“)

Payment deadlineYour payment of the contribution related to labour standards for the year must be received by Revenu Québec or a financial institution no later than the filing deadline for the RL-1 summary. See section 3.4.TAA 27.1; ALS 39.0.2–39.0.6; ALS (r. 5) 1, 2

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6.5 Contribution to the WSDRF (lines 50 to 53)

6.5.1 Total payroll (line 50)Enter your total payroll amount on line 50 only if it exceeds $2 million (see the note below). Your total payroll corresponds to the result of the following calculation:• the total of the amounts in boxes A and Q of the RL-1 slips;

plus

• the salaries or wages that you paid to employees who are Indians and that give entitlement to the deduction for employment income situated on a reserve or premises (amount entered after R-1);

minus• the amounts you paid under an employee benefit plan, if you are the custodian of such a plan (amount entered

after A-1);• the amounts you allocated under an employee trust, if you are the trustee of such a trust (amount entered after A-2);• the value of a benefit from an amount that you paid to acquire, on behalf of an employee, a share or fraction of a

share issued by the Fonds de solidarité FTQ or by Fondaction;• fees calculated on an hourly, half-day or full-day basis that are paid to a person who is appointed:

– by the government as a member of a commission, including a public inquiry commission, an evaluation committee, a committee or panel of experts or a working group created for a set period;

– as a member of a candidate selection or review committee established for that purpose under a Québec statute;• the salaries or wages earned outside Canada that are included in box A because of a social security (see section 3.2.3).

NOTEDo not take into account the total payroll of any associated employers at the end of the calendar year when calculating your total payroll.

AWSDR 4 and Schedule

Employers that have more than one account numberIf you have more than one employer account, you must file an RL-1 summary and RL-1 slips for each account, under the name and identification number shown on the Remittance of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions (form TPZ-1015.R.14.1-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.2-V, TPZ-1015.R.14.3-V or TPZ-1015.R.14.4-V, according to your remittance frequency) for each one.

All data pertaining to the contribution to the WSDRF must be included on a single RL-1 summary since the contribution must be calculated on the basis of all of your establishments.

ExampleA corporation has two establishments. The first establishment’s total payroll is $1,600,000 and the second establishment’s is $700,000. The corporation’s total payroll is therefore $2,300,000. Since its total payroll is over $2,000,000, the corporation is subject to the Act to promote workforce skills development and recognition. It must therefore provide, on a single RL-1 summary, the information pertaining to the contribution to the WSDRF for both of its establishments.

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6.5.2 Eligible training expenditures (line 52)Enter on line 52 your eligible training expenditures for the year (amount from line 78 of the work chart at the end of the RL-1 summary) or the amount entered on line 51, whichever is less. Then subtract the amount on line 52 from the amount on line 51. Enter the result on line 53 and then carry it to line 94 of the remittance slip.

Even if you have no contribution payable for the year in question, enter “0” on line 53. You must file the RL-1 summary by the prescribed deadline (see section 3.4).

Eligible expendituresThe training expenditures that may be taken into account in calculating the amount of your participation are defined by regulation. Such expenditures may be incurred by you for your personnel, including apprentices, or for trainees or teachers undergoing training in the workplace. The expenditures may also take the form of support with respect to the training of your personnel or the implementation of a training plan, through the supply of personnel or equipment or the granting of training leaves.

Payments you made to a training mutual recognized by the Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity or expenditures incurred with such a mutual are also recognized as expenditures incurred for your personnel.AWSDR 5, 6, 8; AWSDR (r. 3) 1, (r. 7) 1

NOTEIf you are an employer subject to the Act to promote workforce skills development and recognition, you must inform the Commission des partenaires du marché du travail each year of the means you used to carry out your eligible training activities. To do this, you must complete the form Déclaration des activités de formation, and send it to the Commission. For more information or to obtain this form, go to the website of the Commission at www.cpmt.gouv.qc.ca.

Carry-over of expendituresIf, for a given year, you are required to participate in the development of workforce skills, but you were not required to do so in the previous year, you may carry forward to the given year the training expenditures made in the previous year that would have been considered eligible expenditures for that year had you been required to participate. These expenditures become eligible training expenditures for the year concerned.

Example 2014 2015 2016

Total payroll $600,000 $900,000 $2,500,000

Eligible expenditures

Current year $500 $3,000 $20,000

Carried from previous year + — + —* + $3,000

Total = $500 = $3,000 = $23,000

1% of the total payroll N/A N/A $25,000

minus: eligible expenditures – N/A – N/A – $23,000

Contribution to the WSDRF = — = — = $2,000

* Expenditures from the previous year cannot be carried to a year in which you are not subject to the contribution to the WSDRF.

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If your total eligible training expenditures exceed 1% of your total payroll for the year, you may carry the excess amount to the following year or claim a tax credit using the form Crédit d’impot pour formation dans les secteurs manufacturier, forestier et minier (CO-1029.8.36.FM). The excess amount that you may carry forward to the following year is equal to the difference between the eligible training expenditures that may be carried forward to subsequent years and the eligible training expenditures used to claim this tax credit. In most cases, when you file your summary, you will not know the amount of expenditures you will use to claim a tax credit. Therefore, you will have to amend the work chart at the end of the RL-1 summary once you have completed form CO-1029.8.36.FM and you know the amount. See the following example:

Work chart Eligible training expenditures that may be carried forward

Line of the RL-1 summary (form RLZ-1.S-V) 2015 2016

75 Balance of eligible training expenditures carried forward from previous years to the current year $35,000 $30,000

76 Eligible training expenditures for the current year + $25,000 + $30,000

77 Total eligible training expenditures (from the current year and previous years) that may be used to reduce or cancel the amount on line 51 = $60 000 = $60,000

78 Amount used to reduce or cancel the amount on line 51 of the RL-1 summary. Carry this amount to line 52 of the RL-1 summary. – $20 0001 – $30,0001

79 Eligible training expenditures that can be carried forward to subsequent years = $40,000 = $30,000

Eligible training expenditures used to claim a tax credit on form CO-1029.8.36.FM – $10,0002 – $03

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(To take into account the eligible training expenditures used to claim a tax credit on form CO-1029.8.36.FM)Revised balance of eligible training expenditures that can be carried forward to subsequent years. Carry the amount to line 75 of next year’s RL-1 summary (form RLZ-1.S-V or RLZ-1.ST-V, as applicable). = $30,0004 = $30,0004

1. Total payroll is $2 million in 2015 and $3 million in 2016.

2. If the taxation year ends on a date other than December 31, 2015 (on June 30, 2016, for example), the training expenditures to be entered are those used to claim a tax credit on form CO-1029.8.36.FM filed for the taxation year ending June 30, 2016.

3. If the taxation year begins after December 31, 2015, you can no longer claim a tax credit using form CO-1029.8.36.FM.

4. You are not required to file an amended RL-1 summary to indicate the revised balance of eligible training expenditures. However, you must keep the data on which your calculations are based in case we ask for them. In calculating the amount on line 75 of the following year’s RL-1 summary, you must take into account the eligible training expenditures used to claim a tax credit on form CO-1029.8.36.FM. If you do not know the amount of the eligible training expenditures used to apply for the credit, you may have to amend the RL-1 summary (form RLZ-1.S-V or RLZ-1.ST-V, as applicable).

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Supporting documentsFor audit purposes, you must keep supporting documents related to eligible training expenditures for six years after the last taxation year to which they apply.AWSDR (r.3) 4

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6.5.3 Three-year exemption periodIf you hold a training initiative quality certificate issued by the Commission des partenaires du marché du travail, which is valid for three years, leave lines 50 through 53 blank.AWSDR (r. 5)

6.5.4 Payment deadlineThe payment for your contribution to the WSDRF for the year must be received by Revenu Québec or a financial institution no later than the filing deadline for the RL-1 summary. See section 3.4.AWSDR 15, 19; TAA 27.1

6.6 Balance (line 70)

If the balance on line 70 of the RL-1 summary is negative, carry it to line 71. If the balance is positive, carry it to line 72 and carry the amounts from lines 27, 39, 41 and 53 to lines 91, 92, 93 and 94, respectively, of the remittance slip.

Return the RL-1 summary, copy 1 of the paper RL-1, RL-2 and RL-25 slips (unless you submit the slips online), the remittance slip and your payment, by the filing deadline, to one of the following addresses:• Montréal, Laval, Laurentides, Lanaudière and Montérégie:

Revenu Québec C. P. 6700, succursale Place-Desjardins Montréal (Québec) H5B 1J4

• Québec City and the other regions: Revenu Québec C. P. 25666, succursale Terminus Québec (Québec) G1A 1B6

Please make your cheque or money order payable to the Minister of Revenue of Québec. You are not required to pay a balance due of less than $2.

ATM paymentIf you use an automatic teller machine (ATM) to make your payment, place your duly completed remittance slip of the RL-1 summary in the envelope provided by your financial institution.

The effective date of payment is the day on which the financial transaction is made at the ATM.

Online paymentYou may remit your source deductions and employer contributions to us online, provided you are registered for the online payment services offered by your financial institution. Contact your institution for more information.

If you are registered for My Account for businesses and you report source deductions and employer contributions online, you may use:• online payment through your financial institution;• preauthorized debit.


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7 REVIEW CONDUCTED BY REVENU QUÉBEC

When we receive your RL-1 slips and RL-1 summary, we carry out a cursory review. If we notice that amounts reported on the RL-1 slips do not match those reported in the RL-1 summary, we will do one of two things. We may send you a notice of assessment detailing any revised amounts, or we may send you one or more of the following forms for you to complete:• Statement of Employee and Employer QPP Contributions (LMU-141);• Statement of Québec Parental Insurance Plan Premiums (LMU-150);• Statement of Employer Contributions (LMU-142).

NOTEWe calculate the QPP contributions, the QPIP premiums, the contributions to the health services fund and to the WSDRF and the contribution related to labour standards you are required to pay, in accordance with the law. For information about each of these contributions, please refer to the Guide for Employers (TP-1015.G-V).

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